Unit 15138
Category: Layer dug in 2010
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: topsoil
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 2m EW - 10m NS - 0,2.0,45m deep
Discussion: Tposoil of eastern extension of Trench 5. Taken down 20-45cm to be on the same level as the part of the trench west from it. Topsoil contained burial F.3317. This unit number was also used for recording finds from scraping the northeast part of the trench.
Greyish, miyed up soil. Contained several large pot sherds, not many other finds, several large stones, clay lumps and fragments of mud brick.
Recognition: grass
Definition: extension of trench towards east - arbitrary - clear
Execution: pick axe, shovel, trowel
Condition: under shelter, windy, very warm
Consistency: compact soil all over
Colour: greyish brown with lumps of yellow clay and white limestone inclusions
Texture: sandy silt, clay lumps
Bedding: homogeneous layer containing some lumps of clay, no internal layers
Inclusions: pot sherds, animal and human bones, obsidian, flint, shell, grinding stone, limestone, clay
Post-depositional Features: roots, animal burrows
Basal Boundary: flatish - change in colour in some areas: darker grey and yellow clay concentrations
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 2770
Total Deposit Volume: 4810
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 9
Number of Related Diary Entries: 2
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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| Buildings: none |
| Spaces: none |
| Features:: none |
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 2010 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No 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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