Unit 14120
Category: Layer dug in 2006
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Midden layer
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Discussion: Mixed ashy layer of midden. Thicker and more layered towards south end.
Recognition: Obvious mixed midden layer - aware of for some time as taking unitsoff - saw in plan first when checking to see if grave cut.
Definition: Clear
Execution: Mattock
Condition: Dry and hot
Consistency: Friable
Colour: Light to mid grey / pale yellowish brown
Texture: Slightly sandy silt - ashy
Bedding: Layered - possibly more so towards south of unit
Inclusions: Frequent animal bone; moderate obsidian; moderate pot; occasional worked stone
Post-depositional Features: Truncated by Byzantine foundation cut to east, by pit cut (13169) to north and grave cut (13189).
Basal Boundary: Distinct base to unit to west and north; deposit peeling off cleaner green unit beneath, however towards SE of unit this horizon harder to follow - green still there but thinner and more patchy - below the green another mixed midden deposit similar to 14120. Abrupt; distinct or faint; smooth; inclined north to south and west to east.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 1500
Total Deposit Volume: 1555
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 28
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:: 10 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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