Unit 2739
Category: layer dug in 1997
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Dimensions: 7.25 x 3.60 m depth max 0.20m
Discussion: 3 to 4 layers of ashy deposits, interleaved lenses of coprolite and phytoliths, blocks of compact material seemingly mudbrick / mortar and plaster.
Significant amount of animal bone, in some parts almost cluster-like, less obsidian than previous layers. In SW part of unit c. 2% hackberries and 5-10% grass impressions (phytoliths?) max 1 cm wide. Concentration of phytoliths in NW part will be given a new unit number. c. 1x1 , large. Original unit extended during excavation (see plan)
Execution: trowel, shovel, mattock
Condition: dry, hot, sunny
Consistency: moderately strong to very firm
Colour:
Texture: sandy clay loam
Bedding: layered
Inclusions: ash < 1cm 20%; small stones <1cm 5%; charcoal >1cm 5%; plant <1cm 5%
Post-depositional Features: bioturbation by roots, salting, animal burrows
Basal Boundary: sharp, smooth sedimentological boundary
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 1760
Total Deposit Volume: 1837
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 12
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
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:: 201
Unit description: F1 is an equid second phalanx sent for DNA. F2 is a bone ring fragment. X2 is a fragment of a ring with a raised knob. Last number = 2 Tier 1 Recording (JW: 13-Jul-2015): Large unit with relatively better-preserved material than most middens. Material is relatively evenly split between sheep-sized, cow-sized, and equid remains. Equid material seems to be particular in nature: lower limb elements (sets of articulated limb remains, see below) and jaws (mainly teeth, no preserved mandibular corpuses). Cattle-sized remains are a more even representation of body parts, though somewhat weighted towards meatier remains, this unit also contains several epiphyseal ends of Bos, which is typically rare. Sheep-sized remains arealso evenly spread and dominate the axial elements (vertebrae/ribs). There are several caprine-sized ribs with filleting marks (more than is usual in a unit this size). Burning is very rare in this unit (only a handful of fragments). Some fragments are heavily gnawed, including some of the large Bos-sized remains. Many of the long bones have old fresh breaks, such as spiral fractures, that suggest bones were broken open for marrow consumption. Butchery is evident on a few larger elements, which may be dismemberment/defleshing cuts; cuts on sheep-size remains may be more related to consumption/filleting. 4 sets of articulating equid lower limb remains: one L upper ankle (astragalus, calcaneus, and 4th tarsal), one L lower lower wrist (MCIII, accessory MC, and carpals), and two R lower ankles (MTIIIs and accessory Mts, tarsals). Several other lower limb equid remains (e.g., phalanges) that look like some may have been in articulation with (now missing) remains. Astragalus has some cut marks on the proximal articulation - indication of butchery/processing waste? Articulating 5 young O/C carpals= a lamb/kid wrist.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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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