Unit 15368

Category: Cluster    dug in 2011

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: butchering dump,pot dump 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 0.35m NS, 0.3m EW, 0.2m 

Discussion: Unit 15368 is a cluster predominantly composed of large sherds of pottery. A few of the sherds were broken but still touching in situ along the breaks. Most of the sherds appear to belong to the same vessel. Additionally, three large well preserved naimal bones were closely associated with the pottery. A long bone and scapula appear to be worked, while the other was unworked. A few minor bone fragments were also recovered. A well make obsidian blade was found within the cluster. Five small coloured pebbles were recovered in close association with the sherds, possibly having originally been within the vessel. When some of the largest sherds were removed, the matrix beneath them appeared to contain phytoliths and possibly seeds or grain. These sherds were recorded as x-finds and the soil under each sherds sampled, with the sample/x-find tied together. A flint core (?) with the soil below it were treated in the same manner, at the request of the lithics specialist. 

Recognition: large pot sherds in a tight group 

Definition: large sherds with other objects in close proximity 

Execution: trowel, wooden excavationn tool, brush 

Condition: under shade, warm to dry 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: greyish brown 

Texture: clayey silt 

Bedding: homogenous 

Inclusions: pottry, obsidian, animal bone, small pebbles, charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: rounded, deeper in the west 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16966 below: (Click to view the record) 15359 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 6

Number of Related Diary Entries: 3

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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

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