Unit 8143
Category: layer dug in 2001
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: midden
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: N-S 1.47m X
Discussion: This is the second 5cm thick layer in the midden outside the west wall. It lies directly below unit 8138 and its composition is similar to 8138. At the base in the northwest area is a concentration of building rubble in a layer dipping to the north can be seen in the midden profile to the north of the unit. A fragment of a figurine was found east of the mid point of the unit (X1). It may be a bird head and neck 3cm X 3.2cm. At the south end of the unit, a small wellmade clayball was uncovered (X2) with a diameter of 1.3 cm. A fragment of a large clayball was found in the south-west corner of the unit. The surface of the unit is nearly flat, matching the surface of the soil at the beginning of the season.
Recognition: dark, ashy, silty soil with charcoal, bone etc.
Definition: clear
Execution: trowel
Condition: dry
Consistency: loose mostly
Colour: 10 YR 5/2 grayish brown dry
Texture:
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: bone, obsidian, charcoal, clayballs, stone
Post-depositional Features: roots, rodent holes, insect nests
Basal Boundary: In N-W corner, a sharp change to building rubble
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8
Number of X-Finds 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 Ceramics Data for 2001 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 81 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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