Unit 7738
Category: layer dug in 2003
Area: Trench I
Interpretive Categories: Fill
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 1,94m E-W x 1,6m N-S x 0,55m
Discussion: Typical Chalcolithic room fill with large quantities of finds. Also included collapsed wall material. Mainlt domestic material. Fills space 218.
Notably disturbed by animal and insect activity, contamination from later grave highly likely.
Recognition: Dark brown soft material with mudbrick frags - mixed
Definition: Defined by mudbrick walls to E and S. Arbitrary edges to N and W.
Execution: Trowel, mattock, hoe and shovel
Condition: Dry and bright
Consistency: Loose, soft to moderate
Colour: Mixed, mainly 10YR 3/2 very dark greyish brown
Texture: Silty clay
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Freq pot and bone, obsidian, charcoal
Post-depositional Features: Severe animal burrowing
Basal Boundary: Very clear above 7754 but unclear in some areas due to animal disturbance. See plan 03/321
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 1125
Total Deposit Volume: 1189
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 5
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
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 Ceramics Data for 2003 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 414 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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