Unit 4824

Category: layer    dug in 1999

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: dump,midden 

 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

 

Dimensions: 4.6m+ w-e, 1.8m+ n-s, 0.05 to 0.08m thick 

 

Discussion: Band of 'midden' like material with occasional lenses / bands but no real thin banding, at east end one distinct 'stabling' type band. Contains [4834] / [4836] within it so probably more than one event. 

 

Recognition: lots of charcoal / darker 

Definition: arbitrary / deep sounding 

Execution: trowel / mattock 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: moderate 

Colour: light to mid grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: frequent charcoal flecks, occasional bone, occasional brown blay lenses 

Post-depositional Features: deep sounding, insects 

Basal Boundary: distinct, anthropogrenic, smooth, sloping down to west 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4836 below: (Click to view the record) 4841, 4831 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4832, 4834, 4518 

 

Dry sieve volume: 810 

Total Deposit Volume: 896 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 12

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 199

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:: 288  Unit description: Medium sized unit, mix of animal sizes 002 through 007 including cow, equid, sheep/goat, dog, human and possibly fox. There is also a fragment of a polished bone ring. Teeth and foot bones dominate the identifiable elements although threre are a significant number of long bone shaft fragments, especially of 03 size. Weathering moderate, little burning, some digestion. Variable fragment size. - not notable young animlas, but some unfused. The material appears to have been fairly rapidly deposited and there is a small amount of bone objects - three polished ribs, perhaps 'needles'. Recorded only diagnostics: sample 4, flot no 2855, >4mm, 100%. 2 large pieces small/medium equid (atlas, phalanx) , 1 sheep scapula, 1 sheep/goat humerus frag. Sample 3 >4 mm flotation 100% sorted, only diagnostics recorded fully, rest as flot frags. Quite a bit of gnawing on these. Heavily weighted toward toes. Sample 2 arrived on Nov. 8, 2000: it is a well-carbonized piece of burnt long bone from a large animal. Last number = 289

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

Ground Stone Records: Yes Count of records:: 1

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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