Unit 4873
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: 3.0m+ w-e, 1.7m+ n-s, 5 to 15mm thick
Discussion: Thin large spread of possibly in-situ burning at eastern end of space 181
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,
Basal Boundary: distinct, wavy, anthropogenic, flattish
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
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:: 85
Unit description: Bone is entirely from >4mm flotation sample no. 2, which was 100% sorted and recorded. This is a medium-small unit consisting of mostly highly fragmented burnt bones. It has mostly sheep sized scrap (long bones, ribs, verts, tooth frags, and indeterminate fragments), with some cattle sized also (longbones, ribs, vert, and indeterminate fragments). Diagnostics are mostly very small: a fox tooth, and sheep-sized carpal, malleolus, third phalanx, and tooth. Of cattle-sized there is a single diagnostic(?) - a possible axis. Bone condition: about 95% is burnt, mostly at low temperatures (black and brown). This probably led to high fragmentation, but with burnt bone it is very difficult to see modern breaks (since there is no clean lighter coloured edge), so these may well be underrepresented. Surfaces are in relatively good condition most is at stage 2 and 3, although a few are more weathered at stage 4. In sum, the consistent pattern of burning (more dominant than in most units) might suggest that burning occurred in situ, and low temperature burning colours might indicate an open fire? Alternatively, the assemblage may represent the contents of a hearth dumped here, although this is less likely to result in such an even burnt appearance on the bone. Last record = F85Figurine 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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