Unit 5238

Category: layer    dug in 1999

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: infill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: occupation; Deposition: composite (floors/bedding/plaster/packing/occupation)

 

Dimensions: c3 x 2m x 0.01-0.15m 

 

Discussion: Deposit akin to 5210 underlying cleaner, midden-like 5229. Runs out in centre of room against 5239 + 5242. Up to 15cm removed in W of space but consistently less to E where it was essentially a thin ??? over surface 5240. 5238 also includes a cleaning scrape over 5241/5242 in the NE part of square (S12). 

 

Recognition: mixed deposit in N half of space underlying 'midden like' 5229 

Definition: as A 

Execution: trowel; excavated in 1m squares 

Condition: generally dry 

Consistency: firm, hard in patches (especially by W wall) 

Colour: mixed - generally darker brown to N + lighter (because more plastery) to S + W 

Texture: silty clay loam (with patches of other composition) 

Bedding: massive but heterogeneous 

Inclusions: the majority of the unit consists of lumps of plaster + mudbrick collapse of varying types, size + density cf 5210. charcoal - c1%, more in patches. Phytolith - c2% along W side 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: generally irregular + clear, but diffuse/hard to see in area of W + NW space 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5240 below: (Click to view the record) 5229 

 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 171 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 12

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 17

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 182

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:: 1  Unit description: H1 is a bone bead.

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 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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