Unit 12553
Category: Layer dug in 2006
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Dimensions: 3.2x2.7x
Discussion: Arbitrary unit consisted of 4 parts, a top charcoal lens which locked a lighter grey lens which overlay a dark greenish brown silty clay. These were removed as one unit. A charcoal lens was also evident under the grey material in the corner at the end of the extant wall F1533. This was also retrieved in the unit. A strong red rubbly layer was revealed under this. C.f., unit 14322
Total volume deposit calculated from plan with an estimated depth of 0.12m taken from levels. Not known whether dry sieved this cld be estimated from quantities of finds. CAH 18/12/09.
Recognition: surface and baulk section
Definition: clear
Execution: trowel and mattock
Condition: dry
Consistency: soft to hard
Colour: dark brown to dk grey brown
Texture: silty clay
Bedding: layered
Inclusions: Obsid, pot, bone, clay fig x2, clay horn, clay ball
Post-depositional Features: animal dist'b
Basal Boundary: clear
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 530
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6
Number of X-Finds 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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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 2006 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 15 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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