Unit 32139
Category: Layer dug in 2017
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: midden,redeposited midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)
Discussion: A composite midden layer consisting of clay surface and mixed deposits excavated throughout space 631. In general this layer differed from other midden layers excavated in that it seemed to have a lower denisty of artifacts and more geological inclusions was initially thought to be redeposited midden. However, it is more likely that this is a slower accumulation of midden.
Dry sieve volume data by grid:
Grid 3- S3 195L
Grid 22- S13 45L
Grid 2- S23 135L
Grid 1- S33 255L
Grid 4- S43 90L; S46 60L
Grid 7- S53 75L
Grid 8- S63 90L
Grid 10-11- S73 65L
Grid 14- S83 60L
Grid 13- S93 64L
Grid 16- S103 75L
Grid 17- S113 75L
Grid 19-21- S123 120L
Grid 15- S133 75L
Grid 18- S143 75L
Grid 26-27 S153 45L
Consistency: friable to compact
Colour: dark grayish brown to light sandy orange
Texture: silty clay
Bedding: compound layered
Inclusions: charcoal 2-5%; artefactual 2%; plant and organic remains 2-5%; geological 2%
Post-depositional Features: animal burrowing, insects, trampling near the eastern limit
Basal Boundary: anthropogenic and diffuse with eastward slope of ~20-25 degrees
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 1599
Total Deposit Volume: 2022
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 72
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
Buildings: none | |
Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| |
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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2017 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 3 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
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samplesDownload this Units Data