Unit 4443
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: fill
Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous
Dimensions: 0.85m by 2.20m by 1.63m
Discussion:
Neolithic infill. Infill of lower building to make a firm foundation for the next phase of building ie. space163 building 6.
Recognition: Fill in South east corner of space 163.
Definition: Defined on the south and east side by walls of building 6. North and west edges are arbitrary.
Execution: Mattock
Condition: Good, moist
Consistency: Firm to soft, variable, but fairly compact.
Colour: Dark grey brown with patches of light beige plaster and patches of varying shades of brown, lighter mid-brown patches, dark brown brick inclusions, white speckes/flecks.
Texture: Silty clay
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Plaster about 20 %, animal bones less than 2%, some cow phalanges, clay balls less than 2% only a few fragments, charcoal less than 2%.
Post-depositional Features: none observable
Basal Boundary: Fairly arbitrary, stopped just above features
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 4830
Total Deposit Volume: 4857
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII
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:: 2
Unit description: Building infill building 17, below B. 6 Opened only to record horn core and the bone that came with it.Figurine 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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