Unit 18152
Category: Layer dug in 2009
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: Fill of pit
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Dimensions: 1.60m X 0.20m X 0.20m (thick)
Discussion: Fill of pit (18160)--comprises the grayish white ash (?) that may be in fact burnt marl (Chris D.). Burnt clay was a common inclusion--possibly indicating some clay production/industry. Burnt bone was also extremely frequent.
Recognition: color, texture
Definition: clear
Execution: mattock and trowel
Condition: cool and dry
Consistency: loose to moderate
Colour: light grayish white
Texture: sandy ash/sandy clay (?)
Bedding: compound
Inclusions: frequent charcoal lumps, very frequent burnt bone, moderate small to large lumps of burnt clay mix, occasional clay balls, eight figurines--seven of which are the conical type/horns. Moderate large burnt stone.
Post-depositional Features: truncated to the south
Basal Boundary: clear
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 180
Total Deposit Volume: 210
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 8
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 2009 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records::none 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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