Unit 7940

Category: layer    dug in 2004

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: fill and wall baulk 

 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Dimensions: 125 X 60 cm 

 

Discussion: Along the east wall there was a cluster of animal bone along with 4 plastered horn cores (7920). This unit was mostly an arbitrary baulk of room fill that we had dug around to avoid the horn core. At the base of the unit, there was another large plastered horn core found sticking out of the baulk. The horns were recorded seperately but were dug out of this fill. There was also a large amount of discussion as to whether or not this baulk was a truncated surface or not. After excavation, we concluded that it was not a surface and that it was just hard, compact room fill with the inclusion of a possible feasting deposit. The horns most likely represent destruction and deliberate discard.

X1, the horn core, was later included in the horn core cluster 7920. 

 

Recognition: Similar to 7925 and 7931 

Definition: remaining wall baulk near and around horn core cluster (7920) 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: cool and breezy 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: light brown 

Texture: clayish silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bone 

Post-depositional Features: roots 

Basal Boundary: unplastered surface (floor?) 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 7980 below: (Click to view the record) 7920 equal to:none 

 

Dry sieve volume: 300 

Total Deposit Volume: 325 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 6

Number of Related Diary Entries: 5

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 49

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 100

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 2004 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 8

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 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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