Unit 4881
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: burning/scorching,dump
Data Category Information: Description: fire spots (non-structured); Deposition: heterogeneous
Dimensions: 1.1m+ n-s, 0.7m+ w-e, 0.01 to 0.02m thick
Discussion: Small area of in-situ scorching, possibly related to 'lime burning' although no such material was lying directly over it.
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: 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:: 153
Unit description: A medium to small unit consisting of flotation sample 2. This is a >4mm flotation sample, 100% sorted and completely recorded. This unit has a variety of taxa: sheep/goat are most frequent but there is also cattle, equid, dog and a fair amount of microfauna, including amphibian. It is not as sheep/goat dominated as other units. There seems to be a fairly even body part distribution for the sheep/goat, but the cattle and equid are represented by one bone each (long bones), and the dog is represented only by a fairly complete right mandible and some phalanges. Fragmentation is not too extensive; there are a good number of small scrap fragments but there are also some large pieces. There are a fair number of burnt bones, although not a lot. A relatively large proportion of the burned bones are calcined, suggesting post-depositional burning. There is a little bit of gnawing and digestion, but the bone is not worked over by carnivores to any large degree. The surface condition of the bones is somewhat variable, with much of the bone being fresh and some rather weathered and cracked. The unit has low integrity, as evidenced by the range of surface conditions and presence of bits of so many different taxa. Seems to be from a fill, with most things apparently redeposited. Last number = 153Figurine 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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