Unit 5455
Category: Layer dug in 2002
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: pit fill
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: L 71.81m x W c. 1.00m D - .45m
Description: This disturbance - pit fill was not recognized in plan, only in (?). Originally was thought to be part of the roomfill to the west of mudbrick wall. However as excavationcommenced, it became clear that this was the fill of a cut that cut through and really partially destroyed a double mudbrick wall. The fill contains elements of mudbrick.
Recognition: Recognized as a loose and soft disturbed matrix
Definition: Different to the harder and more compactedr roomfill to the west
Execution: shovel, hoe
Condition: hot but windy and sunny
Consistency: Very soft and friable
Colour: orangish grey
Texture: sandy silt 50% sand, 40% silt, 10% clay
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: frequent animal bone, clay ball and obsidian
Post-depositional Features: Rodent run right through this fill
Basal Boundary: Clear - comes onto much more compact clay or mudbrick.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
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 Ceramics Data for 2002 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine 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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