Unit 5454

Category: Layer    dug in 2002

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: midden 

 

Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded

 

Dimensions: L - 2.00m w - 1.80m, d - 0.12m 

 

Recognition: arbitrary 

Definition: defined as the fourth spit within midden - arbitrary in order to maintain stratigraphic control 

Execution: trowl, mattock 

Condition: hot, sunny 

Consistency: hard, compact, (?) 

Colour: slightly more honogenous - slightly darker brownish orange 

Texture: silty clay - very similar to previous spit (5433) 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: this midden horizon contained considerably more larger, and bigger quantities of animal bone than that from previous horizons. In particular a large horn core (5454.x1) was retrieved. The core had not been deliberately placed within the midden and had no traces of pigment/plaster. Also only art of (?) (the right one) so not (?). These large quntities of animal bone in association with a number of broken clay balls might be indicative of more communal feasting elements. Also, small animal figurine. 

Post-depositional Features: none seen 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 5457 below: (Click to view the record) 5453 

 

Dry sieve volume: 750 

Total Deposit Volume: 750 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 16 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 394

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

Ceramics Data for 2002 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 4

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

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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