Unit 4837

Category: layer    dug in 1999

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: dump,midden 

 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

 

Dimensions: 4.6m+ w-e, 2.05m+ n-s, 0.03 to 0.10m thick 

 

Discussion: Same as (4836) above. 

 

Recognition: unclear 

Definition: arbitrary / deep sounding 

Execution: mattock + trowel 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: moderate 

Colour: mixed, mainly light to mid greyish brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: moderate small to large bone, moderate charcoal flecks, occasional obsidian / clay ball / burnt material frags. Contains ashy bands. 

Post-depositional Features: deep sounding 

Basal Boundary: faint, smooth, anthropogenic, sloping down to west and south 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4838 below: (Click to view the record) 4836 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4865 

 

Dry sieve volume: 1125 

Total Deposit Volume: 1228 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 13

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 5 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 181

Features:: none

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 445  Unit description: F 98 and 394 subsampled for ZooMS (DCO 2014) Flot 2904 - sample 2 - diagnostics only Also flot 2907 - sample 3 - > 4mm diagnostics recorded. And sample 4, no 2906 same. A spit from the midden deposit in Space 181. A medium-size unit, generally light to medium brown, not very weathered with a small amount of burning. Element representation is overwhelmingly long bone fragments, with some teeth and toes and virtually no axial skeleton. Taxa are largely sheep/goat size with some 05 and 07. There is almost no digested or chewed bone, fragmentation is fairly large. Maybe more staining than 4836? November 2000: more material arrived - misidentified as stone. All from Sample 3, mostly flot frags, except for three O/C sesamoid bones. No burning, slight weathering. [sm] Last Number = 445

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

Ground Stone Records: Yes Count of records:: 3

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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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