Unit 4848
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: burning event
Data Category Information: Description: fire spots (non-structured); Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 2.2m+ n-s, 4.4m+ w-e, 0.01 to 0.05m thick
Discussion: Distinctive in-situ burning layer very similar to (4845) but concentrated at western end becoming thin and discontinuous to east.
Recognition: distinctive burnt deposit
Definition: arbitrary / deep sounding
Execution: trowel
Condition: moist
Consistency: friable
Colour: mixed light greyish yellow above dark reddish brown / black
Texture: sandy clay (probably sandy because baked)
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: moderate burnt bone, occasional obsidian / clay ball / stone
Post-depositional Features: deep sounding to north, bioturbation - roots / insects
Basal Boundary: distinct, wavy, anthropogenic, sloping down to south and west
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 55
Total Deposit Volume: 129
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
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:: 152
Unit description: A medium-sized unit-- smallish compared to many of the other units from the same midden. As is common with the units from this midden, 4848 is dominated by long bone shaft splinters, with relatively little axial skeleton except for the head. There are only a few iDable long bones, a pair fo astragali, a calcaneus fragment, and a couple of carpals. Overwhelmingly dominated by 003-sized animals, although 007-size bones are present. Weathering is consistently moderate. There is some burning. No apparent digestion. One fragment of a probable human skull, burned. 4mm flotation sample #2, 100% sorted, was recorded for diagnostics only, at a later date. This seems to be similar to the material from the dry sieve, almost all of the bone comes from 03 sized animals and a range of body parts. Consistant with the interpretation of the deposit as the result of in situ burning is the condition of the bone. All of the bone is burnt, but only at a low enough temperature to burn the bone brown or char it black. Weathering is minimal as is dog gnawing and digested material. Only a few bones are identifiable to element showing that the bone has been heavily processed. A couple of fragments of frog are the only microfauna present and no fish were found in the sample. Last Number= F.169Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records::none 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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