Unit 4877
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: scorching
Data Category Information: Description: lime burning; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 2.8m+ n-s, 0.8m+ w-e, 0.01 to 0.03m thick
Discussion: Area of burning lying under (4876), presumably scorching related to 'lime burning'.
Recognition: distinctive dark colour
Definition: limit of excavation
Execution: trowel
Condition: moist
Consistency: soft
Colour: very dark brown / black
Texture: silty
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: occasional stone/bone/obsidian
Post-depositional Features: none apparent
Basal Boundary: distinct, smooth, anthropogenic, sloping down to west and south
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
Buildings: none | |
Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| |
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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 61
Unit description: A small unit consisting entirely of a >4mm flotation sample (sample #2), 100% sorted and recorded completely. There is no dry sieve material. This unit is overwhelmingly sheep/goat dominated. The scrap is mostly sheep-size. There is a little bit of large mammal, some microfauna, and one fish bone. There is not a lot of ID'd bone, but what there is seems to have a range of body parts. The unit is rather fragmented for the most part, with mostly tiny fragments but some larger pieces. Most of the bone seems fairly weathered. There is a lot of burning in this unit. At least 50% of the bone seems to be burnt, mostly low temperature. There is a little bit of digestion, and even less gnawing. Probably from a fill. Last number=F61.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
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samplesDownload this Units Data