Unit 1724
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: roomfill
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: Max N-S: 2.40 m max E-W: 1.5 m thickness: 0.20
Discussion: Going deeper into the area west of wall 102. Traces of hard packed clay surfaces indicate the existence of a possible floor, tentatively named F. 116. On the North part of the unit, a low bench (F. 118) is appearing, going E-W. On closer inspection the plastering of the bench seems to be connected to the floor.
Execution: Trowel and pick
Condition: Bright and warm
Consistency: Moderately firm
Colour: 10 YR 5/3 brown
Texture: Silty loam
Bedding: Mixed: clay blocks and ashy lenses
Inclusions: Sherds 1%, Bone 5%, Obsidian 1%, clay 3%
Post-depositional Features: Slightly disturbed by animals
Basal Boundary: Anthropogenic, clear
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 280
Total Deposit Volume: 320
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
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:: 98
Unit description: Substantially more bone than F. 117 floor units, and somewhat better preserved. Wide variety of sizes and taxa, although sheep-size predominates. Light buff color with a little dark staining. Three distal tibias (all lefts) stand out in otherwise fairly even element distribution. Last number = 98Figurine 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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