Unit 3984
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: dump,trample
Data Category Information: Location: in abandoned building; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)
Dimensions: up to 3.30m N-S ; 4m E-W ; 0.01m deep
Discussion: homogenous mid to dark brown colour layer - when began to excavate quickly became apparent that relatively thin skim of material -up to 0.01m thick but frequently thinner. - originally excavated east of 914 easting but then area of excavation redefined and extended to west. Could distinguish layer as far as break of slope to west but then faded out.
Recognition: colour mid to dark brown - abutting walls
Definition: bounded by walls S & E - edge of excavation N & W
Execution: pick/trowel
Condition: damp
Consistency: friable
Colour: mid to dark brown
Texture: silt - small clay and sand fractions
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: flecks and small frags. charcoal throughout up to 5%. occ. > 2% bone small/med frags; > 2% clay ball med. frags; pot? med. frags; obsidian med. frags.
Post-depositional Features:
Basal Boundary: - trampled?? abrupt/distinct wavy . -approx. horizontal then sloping to west
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 60
Total Deposit Volume: 86
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
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:: 27
Unit description: F 20 subsampled for ZooMS (DCO 2014) This is a lens from the east half of space 115. it is on top of midden 4121 and could be either the remains of the previous horizon or a separate, very thin layer. It was the surface deposit over the last year, and certainly trampled. The unit consists of sheep and pig cranial fragments and a few very small long bone fragments, most of which were broken post-depositionally. There are very few fragments that could even possibly have come from a larger animal. The number of cranial bones is interesting given the high number of cranial bones found in the midden/fill in Building 2 from phase 5, and the presence of the large Bos primigenius in the SE corner of the space. Last Number = 27Figurine 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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