Unit 1026

Category: layer    dug in 1995

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: midden 

 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: foundation cut; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Dimensions: 1.9m x 0.6-1.2m x 0.2m 

 

Discussion: Layer below 1023 in W of square. Somewhat arbitrary but 1026 is physically lower than 1025 + 1028. 

 

Execution: pick, trowel 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: 10YR 4/2 dark greyish brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 2-5% charcoal fragments <2cm; 5% decayed brick; 5% decayed plants (white residues) 

Post-depositional Features: moderate fine + coarse roots, animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1038 below: (Click to view the record) 1023, 1024 

 

Dry sieve volume: 300 

Total Deposit Volume: 340 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 105

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:: 120  Unit description: Black staining on some of the bone. Fairly uniform in color, mid-light brown. Small amount of burnt bone; especially on fragments. Assemblage fairly fragmented and small to medium in size. Mostly sheep-size with some larger elements. Some digestion but not as frequent as 1022. Last number recorded = 122

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 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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