Unit 1278
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: room fill
Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 2.15 x 0.35 x 0.05 m
Discussion: Basal floor deposit /room fill. East edge arbitrary section from 95 when other part of deposit removed.
All finds came from near base of deposit & inter face with floor. Deposit along wall face (west edge) rather difficult - wall face unclear in many places & also seems to have bowed out & slumped forward so part of (1278) lies under section of wall.
Execution: Trowel
Condition: Hot and dry
Consistency: Moderately weak
Colour: 7.5 YR 4/4 Brown
Texture: Silty loam
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Charred plant remains, 5% <10 mm; burnt mud brick flecks 2% <5 mm.
Post-depositional Features: Rootlets 2%
Basal Boundary: Prominent, smooth, very sharp <2 mm; sloping N-S
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 37
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 14
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 Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 45
Unit description: Consists of 1 large fragment of equid scapula, somewhat weathered, some manganese staining. Plus one tiny bit of young sheep-size rib included with it. Found more. Smallish unit with a couple of ID elements and a few bone scraps. Light brown color with minimal weathering and overall manganese staining. Unit is characterized by sheep-size elements. Almost no burning. Sample 11 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded completely. Relatively large sample for Building 1. Mostly sheep-size, with a little large mammal, and some bird, fish, and microfauna. One of the bird bones has an old break, suggesting it may have been eaten rather than intrusive. All body areas represented. Bone quite fragmented, including articular ends of long bones; possible bone grease debris. Some burning, a little digestion, somewhat weathered. Some coherence in that the 'bone grease' bits could come from the same animal, or a single episode of processing. This unit has a somewhat more primary look than most of the Building 1 floor units. It probably includes a component of material left or placed on the floor at abandonment (scapulae, bone grease left-overs), perhaps some background trampled floor material, and a bit of the fill (water worn bits, probably some others). Except for the scapulae and other big pieces, could be sweepings. Last number = 42Figurine 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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