Unit 16859
Category: Layer dug in 2008
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: animal disturbance,room fill
Dimensions: NS 3m - EW 3,4m - thickness 0,4m
Discussion: the fill in space 341 is probably room fill. Before excavation, the surface cleaning reveals a probably area of disturbance, most likely the result of animal activity.
After taking the fill down to a few centimetres without knowing fill boundary on the east side, we were able to find the wall on this side. The eastern wall is also disturbed by a larger disturbance coming into the space on the NE corner (part of the unit 16861). This unit (16859) was stopped at this level to remove the remainder of this disturbance from the space before continuing to remove the fill. One the three remaining walls, many phytoliths were uncovered on the intersurface between wall and plaster. The unit was stopped where the room fill changed from compact to more loose. The eastern side may be defined by a butress extending from the southern wall - this is F.5057.
F.5054 may also be a butress, thereby connecting spaces 340 and 341, rather than them being separate spaces. Another possible clay ball was found, small and relatively decayed, but was not given an " x" number.
Due to running low on graphics paper, the three features (F.5055, 5056 and 5057) surrounding this space were drawn on one sheet, to be transferred to their own corresponding sheets with separate graphics numbers later. The second graphics number listed on this unit sheet refers to the sheet containing all 3 features.
For a sketch of the unit as it appears most recently, with all features defined, see the back of the unit continuation sheet (2 of 2).
Recognition: between walls, space 341
Definition: clear, mostly with disturbances on E area
Execution: small pick and trowel
Condition: windy, dry
Consistency: loose with some compact patches
Colour: light grey and dark brown
Texture: silty clay
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: frequent animal bone, obsidian, pottery, occasional charcoal
Post-depositional Features: animal burrows
Basal Boundary: arbitrary
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 839.5
Total Deposit Volume: 870
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 14
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
| Related Photos: 5 (Opens as a group in a new window) |
| 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 2008 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
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samplesDownload this Units Data
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