Unit 1733

Category: layer    dug in 1996

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: roomfill? 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: max N-S: 2.25 m, max E-W: 0.90 m, thickness: 0.08m 

 

Discussion: Digging the area where traces of plastered floors (F. 116) were uncovered in unit 1729. The area is covered by stratum #4 which was over most of the trench. 

 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Sunny and hot 

Consistency: Weak 

Colour: 10 YR 5/3 brown 

Texture: Silty clay loam 

Bedding: Mixed: clay blocks and ashy lenses 

Inclusions: Bone 3-4%, Obsidian <1%, Sherds <1%, Charcoal 2% 

Post-depositional Features: Disturbed 

Basal Boundary: Sharp 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1738 below: (Click to view the record) 1729 equal to:# 4

 

Dry sieve volume: 130 

Total Deposit Volume: 179 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 44

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 120

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:: 37  Unit description: Smallish unit, but mostly a few large pieces with relatively little scrap. Includes a large mammal acetabulum, distal femur and skull fragments in very similar crumbly state, same light color. Rest of unit somewhat better preserved. Two equid teeth, crowns broken off. Scapula fragment unites with 1729.F38, separated by modern break, so added to 1729.F38 (the larger piece) and not recorded here. Last number = 37

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 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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