Unit 3928
Category: layer dug in 1998
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: floor make up,oven rake out
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: floor (packing only); Material: re-used superstructure; Deposition: heterogeneous
Dimensions: 0.35 m N-S x 0.35 m E-W x 4 mm deep
Discussion: Small block of ashy grey material below (3920) to SW of oven F.269. Originally seen up to baulk but once baulk removed seem to continue westwards to next square + seem to be same as (3929) in that square (drawn up to this point). Also appears to be same as ashy grey material (3913) to N of F.293. Possibly rake out from ovens, subsequently employed as floor make up.
Recognition: Layer of grey ashy material seen after removal of (3920) in SW corner of Filbert.
Definition: Top surface very clear boundary with underlying deposit.
Execution: Trowel, leaf trowel, from edges.
Condition: Dry.
Consistency: firm surface but friable below
Colour: 2.5 Y 6/1 grey
Texture: ashy silt loam
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: 2% small bones,5% charcoal flecks
Post-depositional Features: small roots
Basal Boundary: diffuse/smooth/anthropogenic
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):
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:: 1
Unit description: Bird bone only pulled from Sample 2 >4mm flotation, 100% sorted. Not recorded otherwise, but the remainder consists of two bits of somewhat worn sheep-size bone. These accord with the unit sheet description as packing. However the bird bone consists of a very fresh distal tarsometatarsus with articulating vestigial MT1. To find these still articulated suggests primary deposition of this piece. Either caught up from the floor or sweepings in the packing, or conceivably deliberately placed. I would want to see a pattern of crow or bird bits or other offerings under ovens before being convinced of that, though. Last number = 1Figurine 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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