Unit 2214

Category: layer    dug in 1997

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: midden,pit fill 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 1.96m x 0.87m 

 

Discussion: At first it appeared that the cut for thepoit was quite obvious, but as work went along the edges of the pit seemed more and more obscure. The basal boundary of this unit was determ,ined by distinct aggregates of clay building material that appear to have been thrown into the pit as well. The material that was rewoved was loamy and loaded with bones, very easy to trowel through, which is why the basal boundary of the unit was the much more firm clayey material. So, was the pit filled by a different materials at different times? And where does this pit end.
24/8: This no longer seems to be a pit so we have eliminated 2215 (cut) 

 

Consistency: weak 

Colour: 10YR 4/6 light brownish yellow to 10YR 4/2 dark greyish brown 

Texture: loamy, slightly siltish 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: lots of bone inclusions <10%; charcoal <5%; brick aggregates (some burnt?); some plaster in clusions / crumbly chunks <5cm, <2% 

Post-depositional Features: lots of animal burrows, around 7? Some roots 2-5% 

Basal Boundary: bottom of pit(?) 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2228, 2215 below: (Click to view the record) 2209, 2216 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2227 

 

Dry sieve volume: 140 

Total Deposit Volume: 167 

Number of Samples 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: 4 (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:: 195  Unit description: A medium to large unit that consists mostly of bone from 003 size animals and a lower proportion of bones from 007 size animals. There is an unusual body part representation with frequent long bone fragments but very few ribs and vertebrae. Phalanges, carpals and tarsals are almost completely absent. However a number of metapodials are present in the unit and the skull is also well represented so it is not merely an absence of the primary butchery waste. The long bone fragments are of a reasonable length and could well be the remains of marrow fracturing. Burnt bone and digested bones are both rare, the amount of weathering displayed by the bone is minimal and even across the unit implying that the material had suffered little in the way of disturbance. NR 2002: Sample 1 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded as diagnostics and flot frags. The sample is very large and in keeping with the dry sieved material. It looks like a midden that lay too near the surface; originally well preserved, now rather powdery. Even here there are only two phalanx fragments and three sesamoids, although quite a few metapodial bits. There is an odd collection of fragmented astragali, three different ones. The breaks are old and appear predepositional. These are rarely broken; what's the deal? A couple of possibly shed sheep/goat teeth might indicate penning. There is a little fish. Last number = 197

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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