Unit 2896

Category: Cluster    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: owl pellets 

Data Category Information: Material: owl pellet; Deposition: primary deposition

Dimensions: 0.56 x 0.22 x 0.55 m 

Discussion: This seems to be more "owl pellet" deposit, a distinctive thin yellowish crust with phytolith benetah and microfauna in it. To the N it may be rather different, less crysty but still with microfauna. Presumably this bit got left behind last year? Whether it was covered with a thin soil which has been removed in cleaning up this year, or was obscured by the "red textile" is unclear, the latter unlikely. I think, yet I do not understand, why it was left. It conforms exactly to Wendys description of the matrix (verbal).

Having found more microfauna all over the place, some in yellow matrix (which Peter says is not a product of the owls) this could just be another discreet deposit (10/09/98). 

Recognition: Distinctive thin yellow crust with micro fauna. 

Definition: Clear. 

Execution: Trowel and leaf. 

Condition: Sheltered, but bright morning sun coming in. 

Consistency: a crust-flakes off underlying deposits 

Colour: yellowish beige, 10 YR 6/2 - 6/3 light brownish grey to pale brown 

Texture: fine sandy silt? 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: quartz flecks, micro fauna 

Post-depositional Features: n/a 

Basal Boundary: clear, undulating 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2895, 3108 equal to:2091?

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

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