Unit 1291
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: deposit on floor
Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 156 x 33-49 cm
Discussion: When we reached the floor on the north of the 'Fire Installation 11' and in front of the West wall of Space 70, two group of charred remains 'acorn' were found. One of them was deeper than the floor (X4).After we collected these remains (X4), the whiteness was appeared at the bottom of the remains. This whiteness cause to we think that these remains (X4) might have been in a small basket. We took a sample from this whiteness (S13). In the SW corner of this unit, there was a deep and dark burnt area with many colours. The plan of these remains were drawn (96/84) and taken photograph and the floor cleaned. Dry Sieve Information: Unknown if any dry sieve
Execution: Trowel
Consistency: Moderately firm
Colour: 7.5 YR 4/6 strong brown; 10YR 3/6 Dark yellowish brown
Texture: Sandy clay loam
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Bone fragments, charred remains, burnt mud brick pieces, rock fragment, white wall plaster remains, calcitic ashes
Post-depositional Features: Roots, salts
Basal Boundary: Knife edge, distinct, smooth, flat
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 13
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:: 60
Unit description: A small unit consisting of two sets of sheep's feet, one O/C mandible fragment and one Bos mandible fragment. One of the sheep's feet = a metatarsal plus phalanges that was clearly burnt in articulation but wasn't found in articulation (fallen in building collapse?). (Description truncated at this point). Sample 9 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded completely. Small sample of a few little bits of scrap, only 1 over 1 cm (barely). About 1/3 are burnt at low temperatures. Weathering variable, but look trampled and kicked around. All sheep-size. Looks like clean floor. Sample 10 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded completely. Largely consists of fragments (modern breaks) of a young burnt cattle scapula. Also a few odd sheep-size scrappy bits, some digested. The little bits look quite worn and kicked around. The scapula is relatively fresh and looks to have been in good shape in the ground, although it is now shattered and most of the pieces lost. Looks like clean floor with a scapula left/placed on it when the house burned. Sample 11 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded completely. This sample is somewhat larger than the others, with bigger pieces and more burning. More large mammal than sheep-size, more weathered. No coherence; looks like fill. Last record = 57Figurine 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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