Unit 1620

Category: layer    dug in 1996

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: dump 

 

Data Category Information: Location: in abandoned building; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

 

Dimensions: 3m N/S 4.50m E/W 

 

Discussion: A large mostly homogenous dump/fill of mid brown clayey silt most finds located along lower interface which is very irregular. Mottled throughout with small fragments of mortar, plaster and charcoal which appears well sorted. This may represent the redeposition of 'turned' soil (perhaps from a vegetable plot ?), the deposit is cut on the south by wall 96/63 and has been dumped within structure[ ]. 

 

Execution: mattock, trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: moderatly firm 

Colour: 2.5y 5/4 light olive brown 

Texture: sandy clayay silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: >2% charcoal >20mm, clay, ball pot, obsidian, bone, stone, shell, daub, plaster, mudbrick 

Post-depositional Features: cut by wall 96/63 at south 

Basal Boundary: dumped, distinct, wavy 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1692 below: (Click to view the record) 1596, 2077 

 

Dry sieve volume: 2000 

Total Deposit Volume: 2066 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 9

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 5

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 6 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 2

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 117

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 1  Unit description: X1 is a bone point.

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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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