Unit 20141
Category: Layer dug in 2012
Area: TPC
Interpretive Categories: Arbitrary Layer
Data Category Information: Description: unstratified
Dimensions: 10 x 10 x 0.10 m
Discussion: Unit 20141 is the arbitrary first surface layer opened over the extent of Trench 3. The soil is quite dry, with a relatively large quantity of finds. We excavated this quickly, with hoes and shovels, opting not to dry-sieve the contents. We began with a 5 cm-deep pass across the trench. This pass revealed some thin patches of burnt soil, but no distinct features, so we decided to continue with a second pass of about equal depth. Multiple tools made from clay for use with a loom were found in this surface level.
Note on Total deposit volume:
Unknown volume was unsieved.
Calculated from dimensions in 2013.
Recognition: opening layer covering entire trench
Definition: opening layer covering entire trench
Execution: by hoe and pick, going to arbitrary depth of about 10 cm
Condition: hot, sunny (no shelter)
Consistency: friable to firm
Colour: dark greyish brown
Texture: dry sandy silt
Bedding: compound
Inclusions: roots, large amount of organic material, bone, obsidian, shell, flint, clay tools
Post-depositional Features: floral growth
Basal Boundary: arbitrarily defined
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 10000
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 2
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 2012 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 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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