Unit 2720

Category: layer    dug in 1997

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: midden 

 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

 

Dimensions: max E-W 220cm, min 50cm, max N-S 200cm, min N-S 140cm 

 

Description: finds: shell, bone, obsidian, charcoal, stone, clay ball, bead 

 

Discussion: we continued scratch of rubbish deposit. We taken nearly middle sides of that rubbish. soil was black because it has got charcoal -ash. We collected more bone pieces. Some of them very big. 

 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry, hot 

Consistency: very firm 

Colour: 2.5Y 6/1 gray 

Texture: sandy clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal <1cm 30%, plant <1cm 10%, small stone <1cm 5%, ash <1cm 20%, bone <1cm 5% 

Post-depositional Features: salt, bioturbation by roots, burning (rubbish) 

Basal Boundary: sharp, smooth, sedimentological boundary, 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2732 below: (Click to view the record) 2709 

 

Dry sieve volume: 50 

Total Deposit Volume: 79 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

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: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 115

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:: 4  Unit description: F1 is a cattle ulna, F2 a sheep pelvis sent for DNA analysis. F3 is a bone point found in flotation. H2 is a bead. Last number = 3

Figurine 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 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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