Unit 4619

Category: Cluster    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: owl pellets 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: burail; Material: owl pellet; Deposition: secondary deposition

Dimensions: 0.45m (N-S) by 0.35m (E-W) by 0.02m deep 

Discussion: Appears to be an ? owl pellet spread across torso of skeleton 4615. Deposit is later found over the legs and throughout fill but in lesser quantities. I think it is a deliberate spread rather than an owl in a deserted building. The concentration appears too intense over the body for this to be a time/ accumulation deposit. Rather it has been taken from an owls living area and then placed over the body. 

Recognition: Orangey deposit containing micro-fauna 

Definition: Over skeleton 4615, below infill 4416 

Execution: Plan, sample, lift 

Condition: Good 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Orangey brown 

Texture: Silty 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Rodent bones, coprolite 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: clear and sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4615, 4621 below: (Click to view the record) 4614 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 23

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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