Unit 1649
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: ?building fill
Data Category Information: Location: in abandoned building; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)
Dimensions: 2.06 EW x 1.60 NS x 0.22m
Discussion: Layer of dumped material - quite grey and charcoaly. Filling whole of space 116. A section line has been created at the south side of the space, 1649 continues into this section.
Execution: Trowel
Condition: Coolish, mostly sunny
Consistency: Moderately weak
Colour: 2.5Y 4/2 dark greyish brown
Texture: Silty clay loam
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Shell, obsidian, pottery (see below), bone <2%, charcoal <5%
Post-depositional Features:
Basal Boundary: Wavy distinct anthropogenic boundary. Dumped layer.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 80
Total Deposit Volume: 99
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
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:: 43
Unit description: F1 is a bone tool from flotation. Two bags of dry sieved material and flotation sample 1 were studied in 2000. This is a small unit, and has mostly scrap (unidentifiable) bone in it: ribs and vertebrae from both smaller (sheep-sized) and larger (cattle or equid sized) animals. In fact the nearly even distribution between these two sizes is a bit unusual as we normally find about a 70-30 ration in favour of the smaller animals. There is one end-of-a-long bone fragment from a very large animal, but it is so soft and fragmentary (most of the surface bone has been rubbed off and all that is left is a large lump of spongy cancellous bone) that identification is very difficult. I would say it is probably cattle, only because that is the only animal of such large size we tend to get at Catal. Identifiable bone includes the lower end of an equid radius, scapula pieces from both larger and smaller animals, and a couple of sheep or goat metapodials and tooth fragments. Weathering is generally mild across the whole unit: there was not much trampling around before final deposition. As this unit has been packed into storage crates since 1996, most of the abrasion on the bones' surfaces is recent. There are many modern breaks. Fragment size is consistent with the typical Catal midden look: some sizeable long bone splinters from large animals, but most pieces under 5cm. Most long bones have spiral fractures that we interpret as evidence for cracking open the bones to get at the marrow inside. Only three fragments are burned: two carbonized and one calcined. Gnawing is fairly common, but not severe. Digestion is a bit less common. Sample 1 came in two bags, which look like a 4mm and a 1+2 mm, but are not labelled as such. The "4mm" has two pieces of battered, weathered crumbles with absolutely nothing to say for themselves. The "1+2" is mostly micrfauna and has been relabelled as such and put aside. Another bag labelled 'Sample 1' has turned up. This was recorded for diagnostics only. The sample was mainly small fragments of bone from 003 sized animals, shows a quite high proportion of digested bone and some burnt bone is present representing heating to both high and low temperatures. This seems like typical midden material; but notable for the even distribution between large animal and small animal bones. Last number = 43Figurine 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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