Unit 4868
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: 3.2m+ n-s, 3.1m+ w-e, variable 0.01 to 0.20m thick
Discussion: Distinct burning event, same as (4845) to east except slightly less well defined and more variable
Recognition: distinctive burnt deposit
Definition: arbitrary / deep sounding
Execution: trowel / mattock
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: bioturbation - roots / insects
Basal Boundary: distinct, wavy, anthropogenic, sloping down to south and west
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 390
Total Deposit Volume: 480
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6
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:: 4
Unit description: F1 is a bone bead fragment. 2014 recording (DS & sample 5): a smallish midden, dominated by very processed caprine remains, with a modicum of processed Bos as well. No non-bovids located apart from a small fragment of pig skull and another of dog occipital. F2 is a pathological caprine ulna. Burning is limited; the large majority of bones in the unit were clearly not caught in any fires (cf Excavation db Discussion). IDs are kept bagged with the rest of the (unstudied) unit.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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