Unit 1803

Category: Layer    dug in 1997

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: dumped room fill,not excavated - void 

 

Dimensions: 1.20m N-S 1.30m E/W 0.10m deep 

 

Description: recorded at end of season but not excavated, re numbered as 2366 in 1997. 

 

Discussion: layer below 1664 in room 116.
This unit is a dump area in building 2. We removed approximately 0.10m throughout the unit, and found no clear patterns in the dumping. There were some clusters of materials in some places( bone in Southeast plaster in north), and there was also two large pieces of architectural debris with small paintings in the centre. Mud bricks and eroded plaster were also present in small amounts. the room appears to have been used for multiple dumping events. Dry Sieve Information: Figure problematical 

 

Execution: trowel,handpick 

Condition: hot,dry 

Consistency: moderately firm 

Colour: 10yr 6/3 pale brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: <2% charcoal <2mm, burnt clay < 2mm, plaster, clay ball, bone, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: salts ,bioturbation 

Basal Boundary: N/A 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1895, 1812 below: (Click to view the record) 1664, 2721, 2066 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2366 

 

Dry sieve volume: 250 

Total Deposit Volume: 280 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 2

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 116

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:: 99  Unit description: A small amount of bone in which there was a fair quantity of digested fragments. Moderate fragmentation, and there tend to be scattered bits, not articulatable elements. Almost no burning. A wide range of degrees of weathering, from quite light to very severe. A mix of animal sizes and taxa. Diagnostics include a couple of sheep/goat forelimb and hindlimb parts, 007-size mandible, cranium, and a metapodial. Sample 1 4 mm flotation sorted 100% and recorded completely. it is a moderate-size sample, consisting mostly of small fragments with a fair amount of skull. Some burning, both high and low temperature, fair amount of digestion. A few fish bones. Many of the smaller fragments are worn as if by water or more likely by trample. Last number: F98.

Figurine Records: No

Ground Stone Records: Yes Count of records:: 1

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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