Unit 1264
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: room fill
Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: c.2.1m n-s x 1.3m w-e
Discussion: Room fill adjacent to platform in NW corner of Space 71. In fact these are occupation deposits directly overlying upper floors. Now taken off & sampled.
Sampling at 1 m internals across floor.
Execution: Trowel , pick
Consistency: Weak
Colour: 7.5YR 5/2 brown
Texture: Silt clay
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Fine plaster flecks, 0.10 - 0.20 5%; fine charred plants 0.10 - 0.20 2%.
Post-depositional Features: Rodent burrows, revealing floors underneath
Basal Boundary: Level, flat in to plaster floors, undulating.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 20
Total Deposit Volume: 146
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 16
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
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 Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 111
Unit description: Worked cattle scapula (X1) found on top of small hearth. No dry sieved bone, so 4 mm flotation sorted and recorded completely. 2 flotation samples, each with moderate amounts of bone, mostly small fragments of scrap. Some burning in sample 1, very little in sample 10. Weathering rather variable. Many small bits seem worn, from water or trample. Sample 4 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded completely. Medium-size sample, with mostly tiny bits but a few larger ones, up to 9 cm. Mostly sheep-size; only diagnostics are a digested sesamoid and phalanx fragment, and a human incisor (not shed). One bit each of microfauna (amphibian) and eggshell. Fairly even body part distribution considering sample size, but note that only feet are digested. Some burning, mostly low temperature. Weathering a bit variable, but most is fairly battered and looks kicked around. No sense of coherence; looks like fill. Sample 7 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded completely. Similar to sample 4, but a little smaller and totally lacking diagnostics. Perhaps a bit more burning. A bit of microfauna and fish. Mixed origins, looks like fill. Last number = 110Figurine Records: No 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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