Unit 8069

Category: layer    dug in 2003

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Packing material 

 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: brick; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Discussion: Mudbrick feature which may represent the remains of a platform. Along its eastern edge there is a feature - which may be the remains of a basin or storage bin. This deposit is sitting on top of platform 1307 and abutting it were deposits 8063 and 8060. 8063 was under 8060- so both 8060 and 8063 were abutting 8069. A bone artifact was found within this deposit (X1) - it forms a point which seems to be worn - possibly an awl. During excavation of this deposit an obsidian blade was also found. It did not receive xyz coordinates as it was not certain from where within the deposit it came from.

Whilst excavating this unit various mortarlines appeared. It also became appartent that fragments of burnt mudbrick had been incorporated into it. NOTE: Sample S2 came to 3 bags. 1 of 3 and 2 of 3 may have been marked Total but that is not correct as about 10 litres of this deposit was leftover for dry-sieving. 

 

Recognition: Pretty much as left by Greek team in 1997 

Definition: Sharp colour difference 

Execution: trowelled in plan 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: mid to light creamy brown 

Texture: clayey silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: - 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: sharp, clear 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 10607 below: (Click to view the record) 8063 

 

Dry sieve volume: 10 

Total Deposit Volume: 104 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 44

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 120

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1302 (platform)

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 2003 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 1

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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