Unit 1281

Category: layer    dug in 1996

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: pit fill 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 108 cm in diameter 

 

Discussion: In this midden I have found compound layer of ash and burnt material; within 5 cm the composition of the soil changed in two distinct area and amount of the bones show distinct location around North East quarter of the midden. I have decided to give new unit numbers for two different deposit with in the same midden. 

 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry 

Consistency: Weak 

Colour: 10 YR 6/6, 10 YR 6/2 

Texture: Sand and silt loam 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Baked or burnt aggregates 

Post-depositional Features: Bioturbation of plant & burning 

Basal Boundary: Sharp, clear 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1292, 1303, 1334, 1338 below: (Click to view the record) 1100 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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 

Related Photos: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 1

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 185

Features:: (Click to view the record) 17 (pit)

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: No

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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