Unit 5281
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: dump,lime burning
Data Category Information: Description: lime burning; Deposition: homogeneous
Dimensions: 2.2m w-e, 1.8m+ n-s, 0.02 to 0.07m thick
Discussion: Distinctive 'lime burning' deposit in north-west part of space 181. Quite localised and well defined. Probably related to units (5282) and (5283).
Recognition: distinctive colour / texture
Definition: edges of unit
Execution: trowel
Condition: moist
Consistency: soft
Colour: very mixed, pale grey/off white and olive grren dominate, over black scorching
Texture: silt
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: frequent large charcoal flecks, small burnt frags
Post-depositional Features: none apparent
Basal Boundary: smooth, flat, distinct, anthropogenic
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 25
Total Deposit Volume: 72
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
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:: 1
Unit description: Opened only to record objects going to museum. D1 is a ring with knob that broke and was reworked into a pendant.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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