Unit 4883
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: post pad
Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: scoop; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 0.38m n-s, 0.33m w-e, 0.02 to 0.04m thick
Discussion: Possible post pad. Evidence of burning within the deposit. Sub-circular. Slightly truncated by the deep sounding to the east. Shallow. May be associated with gully [5269] to SE.
Recognition: dark burnt deposit, overlying lighter lime burning
Definition: clearly defined by colour and texture
Execution: trowel
Condition: moist
Consistency: soft
Colour: greyish - mid brown
Texture: silty clay (approx 40/60) fine to medium sand <10%
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: occasional small to medium stone some burnt and clay ball frags (5-10%), frequent flecks of burnt lime <5%, frequent flecks to mod. small frags charcoal <5%, occasional small to medium shell <2%
Post-depositional Features: truncated to east by deep sounding
Basal Boundary: abrupt, distinct, fairly smooth
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: 1
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:: 14
Unit description: A very small unit consisting entirely of flotation sample #2, which is >4mm, 100% sorted, and completely recorded. Most of this unit is sheep-sized, with a little bit from large mammal. There is no diagnostic bone from this sample, only scrap. This is mostly indeterminate or long bone fragments, although there are a few cranial fragments and one tooth fragment. Almost 50% of the bone is burnt, mostly at low temperature. There is no digestion or gnawing. Much of the bone looks fairly weathered, although not all of it. it is not very coherent, less so than 4898, consisting of bone with varied surface conditions: some are trampled, some aren't. It is possibly from a "sterile fill" or floor unit with other bits mixed in. Last number=14Figurine 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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