Unit 16459

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: heavily burnt infill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Discussion: Heavily burnt infill in space mainly derived from wall collapse. Deposit variable with collapsed structural elements . These include possible roofing fragments with laminated thick makeup layers as oposed to the fine plaster laminations of wall plaster. Antler found next to southern wall probably derived from the roof as mixed in with all the brick demolitiion debris. 

 

Recognition: heavily burnt infill with large deposits if burnt brick 

Definition: colour, texture, position 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry, windy 

Consistency: loose with large compact brick fragments 

Colour: orangish red brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: mixed and massive 

Inclusions: occasional animal bone, large deposits of burnt brick 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: clear 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16468, 16469 below: (Click to view the record) 16453 

 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 2380 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3

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) 77

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 337

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2008 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 25

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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