Unit 4170
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: fill,post - hole fill
Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: posthole; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 0.84 x 0.60 x 0.18 m
Discussion: Backfill of posthole, possibly post retrieval stage. However, from the remenants of the post survived from Mellaart's excavation it would appear that the pillar was contructed of brick an d mortar and plastered, which would mean no post was involved; therefore this would be consructonal fill. It is also quite possible that Mellaart dug this and that we have excavated his backfill. The backfill appeared to be a single deposition event with the homogenous fill.
Recognition: Dark homogeneous against lighter background
Definition: clearly defined
Execution: half sectioned from edge with trowel
Condition: damp
Consistency: mod firm
Colour: mid-dark brown
Texture: sandy silt 20 - 80%
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: 5% charcoal flecks (up to 6mm), 2% plaster flecks 6mm; 1% brick 6mm-2cm
Post-depositional Features: none
Basal Boundary: clear and sharp
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 30
Total Deposit Volume: 56
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII
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:: 47
Unit description: This unit is from the post retrieval pit on the east wall of Building 6. It is at the transitional point between Mellaart's backfill and the undisturbed neolithic deposits. Dry sieve material: The composition of the bones and their condition suggests that this material is Mellaart's backfill. Flot sample no 2 (>4mm 100% sorted and recorded) is small with mostly scrap. Pieces are both cattle-sized (long bone frags and indeterminates) and sheep-sized (long bone fragments, ribs, tooth fragments and indeterminates). There are only two diagnostics - a sheep/goat distal tibia and a sheep-sized sesamoid. Fragmentation is high with most pieces being 1or 2 cms in length; the condition is fair, but edges are often a bit battered as if the material has been moved/rolled; about 5% is burnt (mostly low temperatures but some grey/white suggesting higher). In general, the material seems like fill as it is seems to have mixed derivations and is quite broken up. Last Number = F47Figurine 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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