Unit 14121
Category: Layer dug in 2006
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Cess deposit
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Discussion: Distinctive green deposit colour suggests a cess/shit deposit. Have takena sample S3 to try to confirm this. Largest and most extensive deposit like this I've seen in midden - big dump ofmaterial at N. end up to .3m thick - thinner layer to west at most .1m thick here. When taking off 14120 sugestion of a horizon fo this material elsewhere but patchy
Recognition: Recognised during excavation of 14120 - distinct colour/appearance
Definition: Clear
Execution: Mattock
Condition: Dry - çok sicak!
Consistency: Friable
Colour: Pale greyish green
Texture: Clayey silt
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Moderate animal bone; moderate obsidian; occasional pot; occasional smallcharcoal
Post-depositional Features: Truncated to east by Byzantine foundation cut and to north by pit
Basal Boundary: Abrupt; distinct; smooth; gentle incline north to south and west to east; smooth
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 625
Total Deposit Volume: 653
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
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:: 2 Figurine 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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