Unit 18198
Category: Layer dug in 2009
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: Midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Discussion: Midden dump layer between firespots.
Recognition: Below Fire Spot (18197)
Definition: clear
Execution: mattock/trowel - following tip lines - same midden as 18192 but below firespot. As firespot was recognized after some midden below removed - some contamination between (18192) and (18198)
Condition: cool
Consistency: Friable
Colour: Mid grey to mid brown with lenses of white ash
Texture: ashy clayey silt 20% bone
Bedding: laminated
Inclusions: Frequent: bone, pottery, obsidian
Post-depositional Features: animal burrows
Basal Boundary: sloped west to east above firespot
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 305
Total Deposit Volume: 334
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
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 Ceramics Data for 2009 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 124 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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