Unit 2275

Category: layer    dug in 1998

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: House fill 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 137x64 

 

Discussion: Unit 2275 is one half of black burnt deposits that were originally unit 2210. The reason this time I gave new unit number is that I want to try and divide burnt deposits from the rest of unit 2210 and have them floated separately. They seem to comprise almost pure organic (wood+) elements. 

 

Recognition: Colour and composition 

Definition: Clear, up to a wall within a feature 

Execution: Trowel, leaf trowel and half section 

Condition: Very Dry 

Consistency: Loose 

Colour: Organic burnt material; very dark, blackish, 2.5YR 2,5/2 brownish uniform 

Texture: Primarily organic deposit, burnt charcoal 

Bedding: Massive, no internal layers, unoriented 

Inclusions: Rare, non clay deposit, burnt bones, seeds, wood 

Post-depositional Features: Salts, bioturbation and animal holes 

Basal Boundary:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 2210 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2210 

 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

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 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 89

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:: 52  Unit description: F1 is a cattle DNA sample (sample 2) = BUT it is an equid maxillary tooth! (taken anyway). NR 2003: The rest of the unit is represented only by sample 1 flotation, >4mm 100% sorted, recorded completely. This is a biggish sample, with a lot of small bits but also some larger pieces. Most (80-90%) is burnt, and a sizable amount of the rest is digested. The unburnt material is small and scrappy, and seems mostly like 'background noise' sifting in from the fill. Most is sheep-size but there is some large mammal. There are bits from throughout the body except the feet, but nothing in any quantity except a big piece of sheep/goat scapula. There is a little bit of burnt cattle horn core, probably related to those found in 2210. There is also a piece of burnt antler tine and a small fragment of unburnt sheep/goat horn core. Most of the burning is heavy, thorough carbonization, although the antler has gone calcined brown (reducing atmosphere) on the outside. One small bit of fish and another of microfauna, both unburnt, are probably more of the background noise. Surface condition is generally fresh on the burnt bits, somewhat more worn on most of the unburnt. This is part of the deposit found amongst masses of burnt plant material. We only see a little slice of it here, but overall it is a puzzling deposit. It is not quite a normal feasting deposit, but has a lot of mostly sheep/goat bone minimally processed. Perhaps it is somehow related to the 'sheep feast' in space 85, although that should be earlier. Last number = 52

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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