Unit 3530
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: midden,roof collapse
Data Category Information: none
Discussion: Removal of collapsed debris in the central position of space 86 and southwards from there. This unit is bonnded by the screen wall on its west and by the collapsed roof edge on its north. Towards the East it ends at the platform (F. 170) and in the South it runs to Platform (F. 169). These are deposits in which were : fire installation (F. 159). Bukranion (unit 3524) , 2 skulls (unit 3529). These collapsed deposits comprise roof tumble in large quantities. In the vicinity of the screen wall there are brick fragments and stripy-rooflike materials which were heavily burned. Some of them in oxidizing and some in reducing atmosphere. In this area there are also remains of large bones: horn, large vertebrae fragment. As we went South from this area there was more ash & charcoal as well as smaller bones mixed in the deposits. It looks as though there is mixing of roof and midden remains. At this point we closed the unit and will open another one.
Recognition: Typical roof deposits; color from orangish to brown + black.
Definition: Boundaries difused, unclear, defined by surrounding features
Execution: mattock, trowel, leaf trowel. In plan
Condition: dry
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
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:: 57
Unit description: Small unit with some cattle but the majority of the bone is of sheep-size animals. 4mm flotation sample ?, flot # 3052 was completely recorded and it also contained some fish. NR 2003: Sample 1 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded as diagnostics and flot frags. It is a small-medium sample consisting mostly of tiny fragments but with a few larger pieces. It is a mixed lot, mostly sheep-size. There is some burning, and surfaces are quite fresh. This looks like relatively primary remains of daily meals, heavily processed. Could be sweepings. One piece each of fish and microfauna. Last number = 57Figurine 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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