Unit 10369

Category: Layer    dug in 2005

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Midden 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 2.5 m E-W by 2.75 m N-S 

 

Discussion: Multiple deposition ashy lenses and thin layers of midden close to the surface and close to edge of excavation, therefore, high contamination. Cut on all sides by Hellenistic (?) foundation-trench (with edge of excavation to the west). Survives with 10-15 cm depth of building fill. Decision taken t remove all as one. Consists of ashy lenses, mixed debris, soft basal boundary is irregular and diffuse with underlying deposits. Riddled with animal holes. Very rich in animal bone and charcoal. Discrete pure ash lenses but no sign of in-situ burning. Bones are more concentrated at interface of basal boundary. Quite rooty as is close to the surface. 

 

Recognition: Surface was black and ashy. Bottom of deposit could be seen on 3 vertical boundaries defined by Byzantine (?) trench. 

Definition: Three sides were defined by late intrusion, fourth (arbitrary) edge by the edge of excavation. Bottom of deposit was clear on vertical surface 

Execution: Hoe and shovel, fully dry sieve 

Condition: cool and windy 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: very dark grey 

Texture: clayey-silt 

Bedding: layered - all similar thin ashy deposits visible in vertical section 

Inclusions: 1. 5/10% small-large animal bone, 2. 2% beads, 3. 2% obsidian, 4. 2% pottery, 5. 2% flecks of clay 

Post-depositional Features: 1. animal burrows, 2. insect nest (ants), 3. salt deposits 

Basal Boundary: difuse, promient, smooth, with irregular sloping 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 10386 below: (Click to view the record) 10373 equal to: (Click to view the record) 10348 

 

Dry sieve volume: 620 

Total Deposit Volume: 954 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

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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Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 279

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

Ceramics Data for 2005 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 6

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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