Unit 4884

Category: layer    dug in 1999

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: gully fill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: gully; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

 

Dimensions: 0.57m wide, 0.13m deep, 1.8m+ long 

 

Discussion: Fill of cut [5269], quite distinct and homogenous. 

 

Recognition: in cut 

Definition: edges of cut 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: light greyish brown 

Texture: clayey sily with patches of clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: frequent flecks of burnt lime, occasional bone / stone / shell / clay ball frags and charcoal flecks 

Post-depositional Features: deep sounding 

Basal Boundary: distinct, smooth, anthropogenic, concave 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5269 below: (Click to view the record) 4882 

 

Dry sieve volume: 75 

Total Deposit Volume: 142 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

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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Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 181

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 124  Unit description: From priority book: "gully wash - old unit, doesn't fit usual categories - moderate size - quite fragmented, but fairly large pieces - more sheep-sized, but substantial large mammal - includes ovicaprid, cattle, equid, hare, bird. {No sign of bird in anything recorded. -NR 2001} Not extremely fresh, but not very weathered - very little that is rolled or worn, hence not classic gully. Fair amount of low and high temperature burning; component reminiscent of lime-burning layers, but only circa 20%. Pretty even body part distribution, not much coherence. More or less like midden, with more intense burning than usual." [this description was made without seeing the heavy residue material]. Sample 2 conforms to this description, and contains one large scapula fragment from a very young red deer. About 20% of this material was burnt at high temperatures, and is very chalky. Compared with 4882, the layer immediately above it: 4884 has more high-temperature burning, smaller fragments, less gnawing, and fewer bones from large animals (4882 has many equid fragments, which are rare/absent in 4884). The degree of wear and rolling is about the same between the two units; i.e., not as much as one would expect for a gully wash. Possibly from the foundation trench for a lime-burning structure, rather than gully wash? (Wendy). Last Number = 124

Figurine Records: No

Ground Stone Records: Yes Count of records:: 2

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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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