Unit 4866

Category: layer    dug in 1999

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: ashy dump,midden 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 3.2m+ n-s, 3.1m+ w-e, average thickness 0.12m 

 

Discussion: Mixed dump mainly dark burnt ashy material but with lots of other non-burnt layers. Excavated as part of (4838) to east. 

 

Recognition: dark 

Definition: arbitrary 

Execution: mattock 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: soft / friable 

Colour: dark grey / black 

Texture: ashy silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bone frags, ocasional clay lenses / spreads 

Post-depositional Features: some bioturbation 

Basal Boundary: faint, anthropogenic, smooth, roughly flat 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4867 below: (Click to view the record) 4865 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4838 

 

Dry sieve volume: 1110 

Total Deposit Volume: 1203 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

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:: 55  Unit description: F1 is a complete point. F2 is a bead fragment. Last number = 2 This unit is a medium size midden unit made up of DS material only. The unit is made up of cattle fragments (including unfused bones) teeth, mandibles, long bone shaft frags. sheep/goat was made up of metapodials, feet, verts mandibles and teeth. There is also horse teeth, pelvis and a sesamoid. A few bird bones and shell were extracted. The majority of the unit is made up of long bone fragments, ribs and unidentifiable scrap material. There was over 10% burning and a small amount of gnawing. Scrap weight 900g

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 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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