Unit 5275
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: accumulation,trample
Data Category Information: Location: external; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple
Dimensions: 1.7m+ w-e, 1.1m+ n-s, 5 to 15mm thick
Discussion: Distinctive thin band between (5274) and (5276), some form of activity related trample / accumulation. Between two episodes of 'lime burning'. Restricted to area to east of gully [5269].
Recognition: dark colour
Definition: limits of excavation, cuts
Execution: trowel
Condition: moist
Consistency: soft
Colour: light to mid brownish grey - mottled
Texture: silt
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: burnt lenses, moderate lime flecks
Post-depositional Features: cut by [5269] / [5271] and deep sounding
Basal Boundary: distinct, smooth, flat, anthropogenic
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:: 49
Unit description: A relatively small amount of bone was recovered from the 20 litre flotation sample and there was no material from the dry sieve. Therefore, flotation sample #2, 4mm, 100% sorted, was completely recorded. There is a reasonable quantity of sheep-sized long bone fragments. Only a couple of bone fragments from larger mammalst were amongst the matrial. Ribs from animals of sheep size are also well represented and the rest of the unit is made up of vertebral fragments and odd other skeletal element. There are no remains from either fish or bird. About 80-90% of the assemblage shows evidence of burning, approximately 60% is charred black and the rest of the burnt bone had been exposed to a high enough temperature for a long enough period to have become calcined and turned white in colour. The bone tends not to show signs of significant amounts of weathering. The fauna from this unit is heavily fragmented. Although there is no gnawed bone, there is, however, a significant amount of digested bone. Both burnt and unburnt digested bone are present. One explanation could be that dogs were in the area before and after the burning episode(s) had taken place. It is possible that the bone was heavily processed, much of the unidentifiable material consists of small fragments of spongy bone that may be consistent with the extraction of grease. Another possibility is that it is just residual bone that became heavily trampled and this is more probable considering the small amount of material in the sample. Last number=50.Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
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