Unit 1037

Category: layer    dug in 1995

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: midden 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 2 x 1.3 x 0.04-0.16m 

 

Discussion: Layer of midden deposit - arbitrary at top but attempting to follow angle of the layers of the deposit at the base. Nevertheless includes a number of layers and lenses. Hence a much thicker spit in S than in N of square. 

 

Execution: pick, trowel 

Consistency: frible/compact 

Colour: 10YR 4/3 dark brown - 10YR 4/1 dark grey 

Texture: clay loam 

Bedding: layered - fine lenses of ashy, clay and phytolith material 

Inclusions: variable, but c. 5% charcoal <2cm; 5% decayed organics; <2% chalk frags <1cm 

Post-depositional Features: moderate roots, animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: mixed 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1041 below: (Click to view the record) 1034 

 

Dry sieve volume: 180 

Total Deposit Volume: 196 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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) 115

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:: 6  Unit description: Medium size unit with D.S and flotation >4mm (170). The D.S contained a small amount of visible burning. The majority of the remains were sheep size fragments followed by cattle size fragments. Sheep size fragments include long bone, teeth, ribs, pelvis. Cattle size fragments were generally very fragmentary, though there were recordable fragments including phalanges. Horse was also present. Overall the surface condition was normal and there was only a little bit of gnawing and digested bone. Flotation-some sheep size material but mainly tiny scrap fragments. Fish bone, microfauna, groundstone and shell extracted. Scrap weight=160g.

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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