Unit 4867
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: dump,midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Dimensions: 3.2m+ n-s, 3.1m+ w-e, average thickness 0.15m
Discussion: General midden / dump layer same as (4838) / (4844) to east. Slopes down into hollow in north-west becoming thicker and containing band of in-situ burning.
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):
Dry sieve volume: 1965
Total Deposit Volume: 2082
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 11
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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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:: 37
Unit description: F1 is a fragment of a bone ring. A little recorded for Bayliss radiocarbon study. 2014 RECORDING (JW and HF: 30-6-2014): recording measurable Bos, sex-able O/C, and non-O/C taxa, starting at F9. Large midden unit with predominantly sheep-sized taxa, but a significant amount of large shaft fragments as well. Sheep body-size distribution is relatively even, with fewer fragmented teeth and astragali than expected; there are several complete epiphyseal ends of adult sheep, though. Cattle-size remains seem focused more on phalanges and heavily-fragmented long bone shafts, though there are several teeth remains (again, relatively few heavily-fragmented teeth). Pig, equid, and canid remains include phalanges and teeth. One bird radius was also noted. These trends are based on the partial recording scheme, so is not necessarily exhaustive. Long bone fragments are not very heavily processed, though there are many fewer epiphyses. NOTE: two relatively-complete distal sheep tibia have been sub-bagged because of their suitability for CSG archaeological application.Figurine Records: No 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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