Unit 5466

Category: Layer    dug in 2002

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: midden,room fill 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 3.80 m x 1.33 m x max depth c. 0.35 m 

 

Discussion: Originally it was thought that this layer was in fact room fill of the room space defined by walls F829. However, although (5451) above was certainly more roomfill in nature, this layer was much more akin to be midden deposits excavated to the east. It was noted also that the walls actually sit on top of this deposit hence this building may have been constructed upon an earlier (consolidated) midden. This would make sense and also the lenses within the midden do appear more flattened out.

Note: Original Unit Sheet filled out with Area West - this is incorrect it is South. (SAJ 2008) 

 

Recognition: Initially recognized as fill between two double N-S running mudbrick wall 

Definition: defined as roomfill initially 

Execution: mattock, shovel 

Condition: generally hot, dry, and sunny 

Consistency: hard compact 

Colour: heterogeneus, varies from greyish brown ---- orange to brownish black and speckle with charcoal flicks 

Texture: clayish silt in general 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: very frequent animal bone ---- Also freq clay balls, stone is very ---- as in the obsidian. Occ figurine fragments, beads and bone points very frequent. Stone like inclusions are in fact very similar to those one would expect from midden 

Post-depositional Features: roots 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary, reached 1009.70 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 5451 

 

Dry sieve volume: 1890 

Total Deposit Volume: 1892 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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: 21 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 392

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:: 19

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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