Unit 1712
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: room fill
Data Category Information: Location: between walls
Dimensions: 3.15 x 2.00 m x 0.10
Discussion: Digging the area around feature 101 (pit) up to the S-N wall 102. A mudbrick appears at point X: 940.00 Y:959.20 which we leave undug. No more mudbricks to the south and along wall 102. We leave this line of mudbrick undug, forming a low step of ca. 12 cm. A platform? (F 106)
Execution: Trowel
Condition: Strong winds
Consistency: moderately weak
Colour: 10 YR 6/4 light yellowish brown
Texture: Silt clay loam
Bedding: Mixed: clay bllocks and ashy lenses
Inclusions: Pottery 5%, Bone 15%, Charcoal 2%, Plaster 5%, modern roots 15%, clay 5%, small stones 2% (approx. 0.02-0.03 m)
Post-depositional Features:
Basal Boundary: Corrupt
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 120
Total Deposit Volume: 150
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):
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:: 11
Unit description: Medium-size unit, mostly scrap. Several distal humeri, otherwise diagnostic bone mostly tarsals, metapodia, phalanges. Mostly sheep-size with only a few large mammal pieces. Fairly fragmented, but not as thoroughly as some; many pieces >2 cm. Only a little burning. Preservation looks better than most Summit units. RECORDED AS SHORT FORM Total weight = 472 Last number = 11Figurine 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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