Unit 5229
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: infill,midden
Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: occupation; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)
Dimensions: c 1.5 x 1.5 x
Discussion: Midden-like infill in NW of sp.182 - darker, more charcoal rich + more homogenous (less plastery + rubbly) than overlying deposit. Seems to overly fill above lower floor in 182 - but possibly equivalent to 2933 above upper floor at S end of space
Recognition: distinct deposit underlying 5210 + gridde infill in NW of space 182
Definition: as A
Execution: trowel (+ handpick)
Condition: dry to W where higher, moist lower down
Consistency: firm to hard/compact (where dug)
Colour: dark grey to mid/dark brown (lighter where dried out)
Texture: silty clay
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: 2-5% charcoal (small / flecks), c5% plaster lumps (inc hard grey sandy material)
Post-depositional Features: not evident
Basal Boundary: clear in places, diffuse elsewhere
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 140
Total Deposit Volume: 170
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
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:: 2
Unit description: Only thing recorded so far is a bone ring fragment. Last number = 1 2014 RECORDING (JW: 29-6-2014): Recording measurable Bos and non-O/C material, starting at F2. Unit is small, composed mainly of shaft fragments. Most bones have a darkened patina but there is little burning or gnawing. A few tooth fragments as well.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
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