Unit 20271
Category: Layer dug in 2012
Area: TPC
Interpretive Categories: heterogeneous natural deposit
Data Category Information: Deposition: buried soil
Dimensions: 10 m x 5.83 m x .30 m
Discussion: U. 20271 is yet another deposit of heterogeneous material. As it abuts the late wall f. 3951, and surrounds f. 3948, which is also a late wall, it is one of the latest units left in the trench at the end of the 2012 season and should be removed first in 2013.
2013: We have now excavated this unit. It consisted primarily of redeposited Roman construction material, from walls f. 3948, f.3984, and possibly also f. 3951. It was extremely ashy in many places, which makes sense given the burning observed to the south and east of walls f.3948 and f.3984. Excavating this unit made clear the extent of space 509.
Recognition: heterogeneous material amid emerging features below u20222
Definition: clear - includes everything that's not Neolithic or a feature
Execution: mattock, trowel, and hoe
Condition: took place over several days-- varying conditions
Consistency: friable to compact
Colour: mostly grayish brown
Texture: silty clay loam
Bedding: compound
Inclusions: charcoal, ash, pottery, bone, spindle whorl, shell, bead
Post-depositional Features: animal burrows
Basal Boundary: clear-- came down on orange and grey redeposited Neolithic mud brick and Roman constructions
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 596
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): 0
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: 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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