Unit 1710

Category: layer    dug in 1996

 

Area: South 

 

Related Photo (Click to view larger version in new window)  Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window 

Interpretive Categories: scrape 

 

Data Category Information: Description: cleaning

 

Dimensions: 0.85 x 2.00 x 0.03 m 

 

Discussion: A small triangular area in the SW corner of the trench in order to clean the south face of wall. Loose, grey soil, mixed with clay fragments. Three successive floors uncovered at levels 1012.93, 1012.91, 1012.95. 

 

Execution: Pick axe 

Condition: Strong wind 

Consistency: Moderately weak 

Colour: 10 YR 5/3 Brown 

Texture: Silty clay loam 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Pottery 2%, Bone 10%, Charcoal 2-3%, modern roots 20-30%, Clay frags 5% 

Post-depositional Features: Modern roots and barrows 

Basal Boundary: Abrupt (over floors) 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 1700, 1701 equal to:#5

 

Dry sieve volume: 140 

Total Deposit Volume: 160 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds 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 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 1001

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

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 5  Unit description: Small unit, rather well preserved. Mostly sheep-size with a few large mammal bits. Very little burning. Quite robust articulating sheep/goat maxilla/premaxilla. RECORDED AS SHORT FORM Last number = 5

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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