Unit 15353
Category: Layer dug in 2011
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: pit fill
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: NS 1.49m, EW 1.15m, 0.34
Discussion: Unclear fill of pit as recognised by section south of space 454. Fill of eight large stones, pottery, obsidian, shell animal bone with one human tooth. Bottom of pit was not reached and excavation was stopped at arbitrary level. Definite post Neolithic and probably Byzantine. The Eastern and southern edges were not excavated.
Recognition: arbitrary layer of pit recognised in section south of Space 454 as cut through wall F.5058
Definition: looser soil with large stones and frequent inclusions of lime and charcoal
Execution: pick, shovel, trowel
Condition: under shelter
Consistency: soft to compact
Colour: greyish brown
Texture: silt
Bedding: heterogenous fill containing lumps of lime and orangey clay
Inclusions: pottery, animal bone, human bona, shell, obsidian, stone
Post-depositional Features: animal burrows
Basal Boundary: arbitrary, flat
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 675
Total Deposit Volume: 705
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
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: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window) |
| Buildings: none |
| Spaces: none |
| 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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2011 still to be released 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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