Unit 15365
Category: Cluster dug in 2011
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: Cluster
Data Category Information: Material: animal bone; Basal Spit: pottery
Dimensions: NNS: 0.75m, EW: 0.55m, Depth: 0.25m
Discussion: This unit is a cluster containing 2 large sections of articulated animal vertebrae. One equid or bovine and one sheep/goat, along with one smaller section of likely sheep vertebrae, and several medium/large pot sherds encased in plaster.
The fill around the artefacts was quite compact, prehaps shedding light on the interpretation of the plastered surface above as a floor (U. 18349).
Recognition: High concentration of artefacts
Definition: Encased in plaster
Execution: trowel, scrapers
Condition: warm, dry
Consistency: compact, sandy
Colour: light gray with hints of reds and yellows
Texture: tight, granular, sandy silt
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: some charocoal, some bits of animal bone, pottery
Post-depositional Features: animal disturbances
Basal Boundary: most likely sitting on room fill
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Total Deposit Volume: 30
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
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 Ceramics Data for 2011 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 52 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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