Unit 4865
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: dump,midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Dimensions: 3.3m+ n-s, 3.1m+ w-e, 0.2 to 0.25m thick
Discussion: General midden / dump layer. Quite mixed with some in-situ burning. Equivalent to (4837) and upper part of (4838) to east.
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, biturbation
Basal Boundary: faint, smooth, anthropogenic, sloping down to west and south
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 2340
Total Deposit Volume: 2427
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8
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:: 179
Unit description: F1 and F2 are fragments of bone points. A little bit recorded for Bayliss radiocarbon study.
Tier 1 Recording (JW: 20-7-2015): relatively large midden unit, predominantly sheep/goat material. Sheep/goat is primarily composed to long bone shaft fragments (old breaks), suggesting processing waste, probably mid-sequence of butchery (neither primary butchery - carpals/tarsals and phalanges aren't over-represented - nor final consumption waste - vertebrae and ribs are relatively underrepresented). Cranial and some axial material are present, though. No obvious signs of dismemberment/CMs on the material, though lots of fresh/spiral breaks on shafts.
Pig, dog, and equid present (mainly teeth, phalanges). Cattle bones present - some limb bone fragments, pelvis, teeth, phalanges, and some rib fragments. Some 002-sized ribs as well, possibly late inclusions? Large rodent maxilla found that is probably intrusive.
Overall, looks like fairly typical midden fair. Fragments are largely broken open for marrow and/or faced dry breaks from trampling/post-depositional movement. Looks like it is fairly cohesive and a primary midden (that is, a secondary deposit). Material is somewhat mixed, but most of the material does not look too bashed around (fragment lengths are relatively long, material does not look too variable in its post-depositional treatment). Several fetal sheep remains also present.Figurine 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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