Unit 3773

Category: layer    dug in 1998

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: dump 

 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

 

Discussion: After following one potential horizon we decided that the underlying deposit was similar to the overlying , so took it down some more, distinctive grey flecked layer. However the flecky layer was quite intermixed with the phytolith overlying material so we took it further down to a patchy deposit with large lumps of charcoal and orange material. The grey flecky stuff was compact and had similar inclusions to the previous material, we noted a lot of obsidian and frequent bone and clay balls.
The relationship between the patchy and flecked layer became more complicated as both had characteristics of the other, and were very mixed. It eventually was possible to find a fairly coninous interface. 

 

Recognition: Yellowish layer. 

Definition: North - section through midden, East - fades out. 

Execution: Mattock + trowel. 

Condition: Good, dry. 

Consistency: friable, probably as very dry 

Colour: 2.5 Y 7/2 - 6/2 light gray to light brownish grey with patches/lenses of 2.5 Y 8/6 yellow 

Texture: very sticky when wet, silty clay 

Bedding: thin lenses of phytolith + yellow (2.5 Y 8/6) material otherwise massive 

Inclusions: charcoal - 1 cm large, <2%, <20% phytolith, 20-30%, some rare pottery + clay ball 

Post-depositional Features: very small roots 

Basal Boundary:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3984 below: (Click to view the record) 3740, 3788 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3790 

 

Dry sieve volume: 2666 

Total Deposit Volume: 2766 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 9

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 

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:: 3  Unit description: X2 is a bone point. Also a fragment of a ' needle' from sample 6 >4mm flotation. Last number = 1

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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