Unit 17630

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

 

Area: TP 

 

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Interpretive Categories: midden 

 

Data Category Information: Location: in abandoned building; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

 

Dimensions: 4.40 x 1.20 x 0.31 

 

Discussion: It was a midden layer. It was arbitrarly distinguished. It is the same as the midden situated above it and recorded as unit 15847. It was homogenous and contained a large number of organic materials, mainly charcoals and animal bones. This layer consisted of ash and brown silty sand. Small mudbricks rubble was discovered in its south part. This midden is certainly younger than infill recorded as 17600 and probably younger than Space 325 of building 74. 

 

Recognition: arbitrarly defined layer 

Definition: midden below midden recorded as unit 15847 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, windy 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: grey, black, brown 

Texture: ashy, silty sand 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bones, pottery, charcoal, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: rodents 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:none below: (Click to view the record) 15847 equal to: (Click to view the record) 15847, 17637 

 

Dry sieve volume: 812 

Total Deposit Volume: 838 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 25

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 72

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 435

Features:: (Click to view the record) 6015 (pit)

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: Yes Count of records:: 5

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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