Unit 18609
Category: Layer dug in 2009
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: Dump
Data Category Information: In Situ: non in-situ; Location: external; Material: brick&mortar
Dimensions: 4.80m (E-W) x 2.10m (N-S) x 0.10m (Thick)
Discussion: Dump layer- in external midden area compact dump as opposed to the laminated midden deposits oftn found in midden sequences. A dense dump of phytoliths was found within this deposit, at the eastern end, near to the wall (18610)
Recognition: Colour/ texture. A Fire spot (18608) separated 18606 and 18609.
Definition: not so clear/ clear
Execution: mattock
Condition: Dry and warm
Consistency: Compact and Friable
Colour: Greyish mid brown
Texture: Sandy ashy silt
Bedding: compound, layered
Inclusions: frequent ash and charcoal plus frequent animal bone
Post-depositional Features: truncated by Mellaart's excavation, north and west. Animal burrows
Basal Boundary: Clear
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 915
Total Deposit Volume: 951
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
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: Yes
Count of records:: 1 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
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samplesDownload this Units Data
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