Unit 2256
Category: layer dug in 1997
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Arbitrary layer,Room fill
Data Category Information: none
Discussion: 1998
Last season left flat arbitrary layer in this unit. I attacked it in 3-5 cm spits digging through mostly moist bricky fill-from very clayey/silty lumps to sandy brick lumps. While these lumps seemed randomly distributed we discovered in the SE corner, up against feature 155, what seems to be a brick-mortar sequence probably plastered over (in situ ?); seems to complement the wall coming out of the north wall of unit 2261.
Consistency: Wery weak
Colour: 10 YR 5/3
Texture: sandy clay
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Pottery (clay ball <2%), obsidian (<2%), chipped stone (<2%), plaster (<2%), bone (<2%), shell (<2%), decayed plant voids, desicated remains (2-5%), charred remains (2-5%)
Post-depositional Features: Salts, rodent holes
Basal Boundary: Arbitrary
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 500
Total Deposit Volume: 532
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4
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:: 91
Unit description: X2 is a bone point. Moderate size unit, with larger fragment size than many in general and a few quite large chunks of large mammals. Roughly equal amounts of sheep-size and larger animals. Body parts tend to the long bones and ribs, with one cattle phalanx fragment the only foot bone. There is a sizable piece of a now-deteriorated cattle scapula; possibly quasi-complete at one time but not all here. There is also a sizable chunk of pig pelvis. A hedgehog jaw and a bit of antler contribute other taxa. Surface condition is somewhat variable, with most looking a bit matte and not very fresh, and many with a swampy patina. There is little burning and digestion. This looks like dirty, chunky fill (not too reworked) combined with some more primary post-consumption discard and possibly even a bit of feasting remains. One microfauna specimen was pulled, and also a mysterious object (not bone) that may be a strange kind of fossil or just possibly an artifact. We scanned this to pass around for identification. Sample 1 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded as flot frags only (no diagnostics). This is a moderate size sample, with a range of fragment sizes up to 5 cm. There is a little burning and some digestion. Long bones, ribs, and cranial material are all present. The surface condition is rather variable; at this level, or in this pocket, it looks like fill. Last number = 89Figurine 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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