Unit 1092

Category: layer    dug in 1996

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: dump,dump/constructional 

 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: foundation cut; Deposition: homogeneous

 

Dimensions: 2.30m E/W 3.40m N/S 

 

Discussion: Material either dumped or constructional. The former may be redeposited midden material, spot recognition of sheep/goat equid bones. Dry Sieve Information: NB 240L seived as 1091/1092 

 

Execution: mattock, trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: moderately weak 

Colour: 2.5y 4/3 olive brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: pottery, bone, clay balls, obsidian, stone, shells, burnt brick/daub,plaster, charcoal. 

Post-depositional Features: bioturbation by ants 

Basal Boundary: dumped, anthropogenic, indistinct, wavy 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1506 below: (Click to view the record) 1091, 1534, 1535, 1547, 1536 

 

Dry sieve volume: 1640 

Total Deposit Volume: 1713 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 24

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 18 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 105

Features:: (Click to view the record) 56 (wall)

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

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 811  Unit description: H1 is a small pendant. X1 is a split proximal metatarsal point. An immense unit, with 007, 005, 003, and 002-sized animals represented. All body parts represented. A small amount of low-temperature burning, and no high-temperature burning. Weathering generally slight to low medium in range, although there are a few examples of more heavily weathered bone. Cut marks on several ribs, particularly the 003-sized ones. A very clear blow on one of the 007-sized long bones. Both young and older animals present in 003 and 007 sizes. F420 and 421 are cattle DNA samples (touched and washed). Upper part of the forelimb had already been recorded, but the rest of the identifiable fragments were recorded in 2000. A high proportion of the caprine pubis bones could be sexed and showed the presence of male and female animals in the sample. The dentition of caprines mainly came from animals within a limited age range, very worn teeth were completely absent and the deciduous dentition all showed significant wear. The ages represented were similar to those found in unit 1091, and like 1091 maxillary teeth were more common than mandibular ones. The frontal bone of a caprine shows a single cut mark and may be from horn removal. Roe deer is represented by a metatarsal, an incisor and possibly an upper molar. Pig bones are also present and most of the pig teeth could have come from one young animal. Some fox teeth were also found. Equid bones were quite common and the teeth suggest that at least two of the three species were present and perhaps all three of them. The dentition identified as E. hydruntinus shows a wide variety in the size. 4mm flotation samples #1 and 2 were recorded for diagnostics only. Most of the material was well fragmented pieces from 003 sized animals, with the occasional burnt bone; digested bone was relatively common. Last number = 833.

Figurine Records: No

Ground Stone Records: Yes Count of records:: 12

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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