Unit 17667

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

 

Area: TP 

 

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Interpretive Categories: midden,oven rake out 

 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

 

Dimensions: 1.80 x 0.36 x 0.02 

 

Discussion: This is a thin midden layer deposited on platform of floor of B81 after its abandonment and before construction of the northern wall of s 326 in B 74.It consisted of mixed layers of ash and clay with numerous animal bones and phytoliths. Basal boundary was very uneven due to uneveness of underlying structures. It resembles adjacent rake out area (15897)- presence of ash and bones. 

 

Recognition: colour, consistency 

Definition: midden 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry,windy 

Consistency: friable, loose 

Colour: dark grey, brownish 

Texture: silty clay, ash 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: bones 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: prominent, abrupt 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17668 below: (Click to view the record) 17653 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0.75 

Total Deposit Volume: 5 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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: 5 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 420

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: 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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