Unit 3532
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: room fill
Data Category Information: none
Discussion: We removed buildind material down to an ashy crumbly layer. Continued trying to expose wall plaster surface. On the top of the layer was a horn corn pieces we removed and tried to see if they were attached to walls but could not tell for certain.
17/7/99: Mira advised to extend this unit to include the same fill from the layer above the platform floor. This fill was the reminder of the sampling from the 1998 season.
Recognition: mixed colors & very hard layer visible in section
Definition: clear boundaries to lover dark ashy level and up to N & E walls
Execution: trowel, leaf trowel, Mira tool
Condition: hard & dry
Consistency: firm
Colour: 10 YR 7/2 light gray
Texture: silty clay
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: bone 5% frg. peace 10% plaster 10% brick / bldg.mat. 20%
Post-depositional Features: sharp smooth distinct ashy layer
Basal Boundary:
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
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:: 71
Unit description: This is a small unit. Most of it is small pieces, up to 3 cm, nearly all sheep-size. There is no burning and little digestion. The surface condition is somewhat worn. More or less even body part distribution. This looks like fill. Then there are three horn core chunks, two of them crumbled beyond reconstruction. One is a small section of cattle horn core, another a relatively intact sheep horn core (but missing the base), and the third appears to be a partial (as recovered, at any rate) sheep horn core from the other side and probably the same animal as the one in better condition. The unit sheet suggests that these, at least the two crumbly ones, were on top of the layer of fill and may be a special deposit. Their surface condition is different and fresher, supporting this. Sample 1 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded completely. This is a moderate size sample. It has some tiny crumbles of cattle horn core that probably belong to the chunk from the dry sieve. Otherwise, it is mostly small worn bits, mostly under 2 cm with a few somewhat larger. These are generally similar to the non-horn material in the dry-sieved sample, except there is some burning. There are a couple of fish specimens, and a couple of pieces of a small carnivore (badger?) that might be intrusive, as they have a somewhat lighter color; not very recent, though. Last number = 71Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records::none 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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