Unit 16886

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

 

Area: Trench 5 

 

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Interpretive Categories: arbitrary layer 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: NS 4,2m - EW 3,5m 

 

Discussion: Unit 16886 is a heavily disturbed and mixed deposit defined by walls F.2413, 2425, 2426 and the East and South edges, another wall on the Norther edge and a grave and trench profile in the Western edge. We dug through 16886 until reaching a hard layer with inclusion of plaster and charcoal and pottery. 

 

Recognition: arbitrary 

Definition: between walls F.2413 and F.2425 (East), F.2426 (South), wall in the North 

Execution: mattock, trowel 

Condition: windy, cold 

Consistency: loose to firm 

Colour: light grey to mid grey 

Texture: sand silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: a lot of pottery, some animal bones, obsidian, stones, burnt mudbrick, burnt Byzantine tiles 

Post-depositional Features: root action, animal burrows (heavily disturbed) 

Basal Boundary: clear 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17210, 17211 below: (Click to view the record) 16879, 16800 

 

Dry sieve volume: 260 

Total Deposit Volume: 2970 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 5

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 15 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 107

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 343

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

Ceramics Data for 2008 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

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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