Unit 1709
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: room fill
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: between walls
Dimensions: 2.00 x 2.00 x 0.09 m
Discussion: Digging the area in S part of the trench uncovered by 1705 and called strat. layer #4. Loose earth, pieces of mudbrick.
Execution: Pick and trowel
Condition: Strong winds
Consistency: Weak
Colour: 10 YR 7/3 very pale brown
Texture: Loam
Bedding: Mixed: clay blocks and ashy lenses
Inclusions: Pottery 10%, bone 15%, obsidian approx. 3%, small stones 2%, modern roots 2%, clay frags 1%
Post-depositional Features: Two animal barrows
Basal Boundary: Sharp
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 160
Total Deposit Volume: 190
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):
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:: 9
Unit description: Small-medium unit, mostly scrap. Mostly sheep-size, a little hare-size, some large mammal, 1 bird bone. Fairly wide range of body parts. Fairly well preserved, little burning. A few digested bits. Two right sheep humeri, two right sheep femora; meat sharing?? RECORDED AS SHORT FORM X1 is a stylized fake red deer canine bead. Last number = 8Figurine 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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