Unit 1724

Category: layer    dug in 1996

 

Area: South 

 

Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window 

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): above: (Click to view the record) 1731 below: (Click to view the record) 1719 equal to:# 4

 

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

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Buildings: (Click to view the record)

44 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

120 
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:: 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 = 98
Figurine Records: No
GroundStone Records: No
Heavy Residue Records: No
Microfaunal Records: No
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Phytolith Sample: No
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