Unit 1530
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Dimensions: c.1.55m x 0.9m x 0.05m
Discussion: Lens/layer rich in charcoal and marl, running out to South. Basal boundary less distinct to West where underlying layer is locally rich in charcoal.
Execution: trowel
Condition: sunny, after rain
Consistency: weak, friable
Colour: 2.5Y 5/3 (moist)
Texture: silty clay
Bedding: lensed
Inclusions: 7% charcoal (to 30mm) - often grouped in small lenses; <1% yellowish-brown coprolite material (thin lenses); <1% plant silicates (often reed-like); 2% 10YR 5/4 clay/brick (small patches- to 50mm); <1% silty brick? (small lenses) 2.5Y 6/4; 2-5% plaster/marl <40mm
Post-depositional Features: not evident
Basal Boundary: sharp, distinct, smooth?
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 15
Total Deposit Volume: 53
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
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:: 71
Unit description: 15 litres of dry sieve from unit 1530, a charcoal-rich midden layer in Space 151, produced a reasonable quantity of bone. Fragmentation is low and large fragments from a wide range of species were found. Pig was represented by an almost complete unfused pelvis, cattle by an unfused 2nd phalanx. Caprine bones included a complete thoracic vertebra and distal humerus and fox is represented by a mandible fragment. Equid was particularly well represented, with an articulated calcaneus, astragalus, tarsals and metatarsals as well an additional 1st metatarsal and an maxillary tooth, possibly from Equus caballus. Newborn sheep/goat were also present with a two fragments from metapodials and a tibia identified. Both burning and weathering of these bones was minimal. 4mm, flotation sample 2, 100% sorted was recorded for diagnostics only and was made up of small bone fragments mainly from sheep sized animals. Weathering was minimal and only about 10% of the material had been burnt to low temperatures. Overall the fauna from the midden lens has low integrity, with both small fragments suggesting high processing and complete bones and even articulated elements indicating minimal processing. The variety of taxa and newborn as well as older animals in the sample also suggests that the deposit was an accumulation from different events. Dogs do not appear to have had significant access to the material as gnawed and digested bone is only present in low proportions. Last number = 71Figurine 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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