Unit 2207

Category: layer    dug in 1997

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Building fill 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 2m x 0.75m 

 

Discussion: This was an arbitrary level which went down to a harder uneven surface of baked clay/daub/plaster. A visible wall is along the west line and this seems to be collapsed building fill. There were few artifacts found in the dry sieve (and only 10 liters were left over to sieve after samples were taken). [This was later revised by further excavation of the unit. --JB] On the plan the hatched area in the north was not excavated. The unexcavated area is ~ 73 cm x 15 cm. Clay object found (2207 x 1) but no coordinates were given because I was unsure exactly where it came from -- it came in a large bunch of dirt ready to go into the sieve. It is approx. 2 cm in diameter and very fragile. A figurine of clay (2 - 2.5 cm) was found in the fill along the north wall.

This unit was enlarged in 1998 to try to define the edge of the West wall. The unit is still composed mostly by filling material which has become more compact when digging layers 40 cm from the surface. The unit does not have many materials inside, only small bone fragments. A light concentration of charcoal was found 40 cm from the surface and a flotation sample has been taken. (See drawing on back of unit continuation sheet 1998 for location of flot sample #6) 

 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: overcast, some wet/rainy soil 

Consistency: slightly weak to moderate 

Colour: 10YR 4/4 

Texture: silty-clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: <2% plaster aggregates, low, variability: soil had very few inclusions 

Post-depositional Features: 10-15% root disturbance 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2223 below: (Click to view the record) 2205 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2208 

 

Dry sieve volume: 288 

Total Deposit Volume: 323 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 5

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 14 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 3

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 86

Features:: none

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 110  Unit description: Building fill space 86, arbitrary layer. Small-medium unit. Similar amounts of sheep- and Bos-size fragments. Sheep-size mostly long bones fragments. Bos-size ribs, long bones and many horn core fragments. ?Red deer antler fragment. One fragmented large Ovis astragalus. Two human bones. Mostly cranial and long bones; few ribs, practically no vertebrae or feet. Quite fragmented but some larger pieces. Surface condition generally degraded from proximity to ground surface. Not your typical midden. May include remains of installations and special deposits, but very disturbed and probably mixed. Samples 2 and 6 >4 mm flotation 100% sorted; only diagnostics recorded, rest as flot frags. Sample 2 is not huge and has lots of biggish chunks (mostly horn core and human), quite like the dry sieved. Sample 6 is much smaller and has smaller pieces. Last number = 111

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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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