Unit 3528
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: fire installation,hearth
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 0.80m x 0.34 m
Discussion: Began removing "fire instalation" ashuman skull was being prepared for removal. As the burnt layers were removed there was a second skull found facing the first (face to face) which were in the layer just below roof collapse, 14-7-99 while Mira & Pedra excavated the oven remains they found 4 burnt rock fragments one of which was a grinding stone. Also animal bone was present.
Recognition: Orange burnt color in a thin layer very distinct from surrounding matrix.
Definition: Clear boundaies by color & friability of material.
Execution: Trowel starting on NE side and sectioning the unit
Condition: Dry and friable
Consistency: soft friable areas combined with firm areas
Colour: 7.5YR 6/6 top layer / 5YR4/3 central layer / 10YR 6/4 lower layer
Texture: silty clay (60% clay)
Bedding: layered (with 3 clear layers:1. upper (10mm); 2.central (30mm); 3. lower (55mm) composition: 1. burnt clay; 2. burnt roof mat; 3. roof material ; flat paralel
Inclusions: layer 1: plant voids 2-55% flecks layer3: charcoal 5% 2-6cm, burnt clayaggreg.5% 5-10cm
Post-depositional Features: animal burrow in lower layer
Basal Boundary:
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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Finds Room Information:
All material from site passes through the finds room for washing and separating before it is passed onto the various lab teams. The finds room keeps a basic inventory of what is found. A finds material type list is given here. Further analytical detail maybe provided by the Lab Team data below.
X Finds Material: nothing recorded
Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded
Lab Team Data
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 25
Unit description: Most of the bone came from the flotation sample and generally consists of small fragments. Last number = 25Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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