Unit 21162
Category: Layer dug in 2014
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Heterogeneous pit infill
Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: pit; Deposition: heterogeneous
Discussion: Infill deposit made of clayish sediment very similar to mudbrick in composition, colour and consistency. Very few finds were found and these seem to have been secondary/tertiary deposited.
The unit lies on top of a hearth (F.7345) and rake-out deposits. Due to the fact that the top of these layers (U.21169 and U.21170) was almost impossible to separate from the clay of U. 21162 and giving the importance of burnt plant remains for the investigation of human activities and subsistence practices, the boundary between the infill (U. 21162) and the fireplace / ashes has been incorporated to the flotation fraction of U. 21169 and 21170 respectively. This means that the bottom part of the unit (2-3cm in depth) has been flotated as part of the other two units underneath to maximise the recovery of burnt plant remains, following the advice given by the members of the botanic lab.
Consistency: Very compacted.
Colour: Light brown.
Texture: Clay.
Bedding: Massive.
Inclusions: Phytoliths.
Post-depositional Features: Bioturbation (animal burrowing).
Basal Boundary: Constructional, abrupt and smooth
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 15
Total Deposit Volume: 45
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
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 2014 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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