Unit 2254
Category: layer dug in 1997
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Tumble
Data Category Information: none
Discussion: 2254 is the yellow fill under the tumble and under midden 2229. Very deep layer of yellow fill. Whole bricks with mortar upturned in it underneath 2229.
Grey-green clay underneath very clearly demarcated. Next to temporary EW section are bricks and parallel lines of dark grey going East West and steepely (80 degrees) sloping down to North.
1998
Extension to N. Aim-take down lower and investigate parallel E-W lines. E-W clay line of bricky clay stops after 10 cm, then is darker fill.
Consistency: Strong
Colour: 7.5 YR 5/8 wet; 10 YR 5/4 dry
Texture: Silty clay loam
Bedding: Some is massive (bricks) and some is layer
Inclusions: Aggregates: burnt brick, voids from white siliceous plants, charred remains. Abundance 5%, size 0.2-0.5 cm. Various source of brick and charcoal in deposit 0.5 -1 cm. Shape: ovoid. Sorting: moderately(10%-30%). Articulation: moderately.
Post-depositional Features: Bioturbation by small roots <0.5 mm. Orientation: unrelated. Distribution: unrelated.
Basal Boundary: Wavy sudden
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 225
Total Deposit Volume: 255
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
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 Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 89
Unit description: D1 is a pendant that appears to be a genuine red deer 'wolf tooth' upper canine. The unit sheet refers to a flotation sample from this unit, but we can find no trace and the flot log does not record one being processed. Therefore we have only the dry-sieved material to work with. This is a small-moderate amount of material, fairly fragmented but not tiny pieces and a few up to 7-10 cm. It is mostly sheep-size scrap, with some large mammal. Diagnostics are mostly sheep/goat but include cattle, fox, and hare. There is a mandible and a maxilla from an infantile sheep/goat, and a metapodial from a perinatal one. All body parts are represented. There is a little burning and digestion. While a couple of cattle bones have a swampy patina, most of the surfaces are fairly fresh, although having suffered a little from proximity to the ground surface. There is a fragment each of bird and microfauna. There is perhaps some coherence in the young sheep/goat parts, and the generally fresh condition and presence of sizable pieces of delicate bones suggests a small portion of midden more than fill. Looks like mainly post-consumption discard. Last number = 88Figurine 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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