Unit 4844

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, 2.2m+ n-s, 0.25 to 0.35m thick 

 

Discussion: General dump/midden layer, deliberate attempt to raise height of area? Bioturbation suggests exposed for some time resulting in low-level soil formation. 

 

Recognition: unclear 

Definition: arbitrary / deep sounding 

Execution: mattock + trowel 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: moderate 

Colour: mixed, mainly light to mid greyish brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: moderate small to large bone, moderate charcoal flecks, occasional obsidian / clay ball / burnt material frags. Contains ashy bands. 

Post-depositional Features: deep sounding, considerable biturbation from roots / insects 

Basal Boundary: faint, smooth, anthropogenic, sloping down to west and south 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4845 below: (Click to view the record) 4843 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4867 

 

Dry sieve volume: 900 

Total Deposit Volume: 1034 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 21

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

 

 

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) 181

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:: 493  Unit description: F 230, 309 and 318 subsampled for ZooMS (DCO 2014) Flot sample 3311 (3) done- diagnostics and count A medium-sized unit, dominated by 003-sized bones. A lot of long bone shaft splinters, relatively few idable long bones, a high-ish percentage of metapodials, carpals/tarsals, and toes. Plenty of teeth + head remains. With all of this, maybe 85-90% are sheep/goat bones. Several worked bone fragments. Several pieces of microfauna. Some digestion, but a moderate number of bones were pronouncedly chewed by carnivores. A moderate quantity of burning and a little calcination. Weathering overall moderate-- very little either lightly or more heavily weathered. Completed: Sample 3, >4mm 100%, Flot no. 2991. Sample 4, flot no 2989. >4mm, 100%. Contains micro fauna and fish bones. Last number = 494

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

Ground Stone Records: Yes Count of records:: 2

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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