Unit 1587
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Dimensions: 0.94 x 0.83 x 0.03-0.08
Discussion: General midden deposit including thin ashy/charcoal lenses lying between more extensive ash/charcoal layers (1586) and (1588)
Execution: Trowel
Condition: Sunny
Consistency: Firm
Colour: 10YR 4/3-4/2
Texture: Silty clay loam
Bedding: Layered
Inclusions: c.5% charcoal, 2% plant silicates, 2% ? coprolite
Post-depositional Features: occasional large roots
Basal Boundary: Sharp, wavy/smooth, sloping down to the west.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 40
Total Deposit Volume: 59
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1
Unit description: Small unit (D.S) made up of mainly sheep size fragments. Includes pelvis, ribs and loose teeth. Cattle size fragments include mainly long bone fragments. The only recordable fragment under the 2014 protocol was a proximal horse radius that was sub-bagged in the main bag. There is no evidence of burning, or digestion. There is a small amount of gnawing present. Surface condition is variable and some fragments do show evidence of weathering.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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