Unit 17603
Category: Layer dug in 2008
Area: TP
Interpretive Categories: infill,midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)
Dimensions: 1.70 x 1.80 x 0.19
Discussion: This is another part of a midden recorded as unit 13532, basal boundary of which was distinguished arbitrarly. It is a very heterogeneous midden placed on top of the western part of a floor of Building 81 (u. 17618). It contains numerous constructional elements as well as ashes and charcoal. In its western part a large number of anmal bones were found.
Recognition: colour, consistency
Definition: midden under W part of 13532
Execution: trowel
Condition: hot, windy
Consistency: friable
Colour: dark brown, black, gray
Texture: silty clay
Bedding: layered
Inclusions: bones, charcoal, pottery, shell, obsidian
Post-depositional Features: rodent
Basal Boundary: distinct, constructional (floor), flat
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 429
Total Deposit Volume: 454
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 10
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 Ceramics Data for 2008 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 3 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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