Unit 1659
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Discussion: Isolated spread of charcoal rich ashy layer, comprises of lenses of clay and coprolite. Appeared to be isolated dump but probably not excavated that way.
Consistency: moderately weak
Colour: 10YR 5/2 (greyish brown)/ 10YR 3/3-5/4 (brown to yellowish-brown)
Texture: silt
Bedding: layered
Inclusions: 30% charcoal (>1cm); 10% chalk (>5mm); 2% coprolite layers; 1% small stones >5mm
Post-depositional Features: none
Basal Boundary: diffuse, anthropogenic, sloping East to West
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
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 Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 2
Unit description: X1 is an antler spoon. HF-Tiny unit made up of 1 bag of D.S and 1 bag of >4mm flotation. The D.S included 2 sesamoid bones and a horse distal radius epiphysis. The 4mm flotation was highly processed fragmented pieces with no identifiables, but most likely to be sheep-size fragments. There is no evidence of burning, gnawing or digestion.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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