Unit 1854
Category: layer dug in 1996
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: midden
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded
Dimensions: 1.10m E/W 1.40m N/S 20mm- 0.20m deep
Discussion: Moderately massive mixed dump of rubbish in general midden layer- no clear tip horizon and non of the discrete ash lens typical of the overlying midden layers. Contains multiple depositional events but excavated as a discrete layer, following the underlying slope. In places this was difficult to do but the general slope is good/correct.
Execution: trowel
Condition: hot and dry
Consistency: moderately firm
Colour: 10yr 5/4-5/2 yellowish brown - greyish brown
Texture: silty clay
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: <10% charcoal <3mm, clay lumps <1%, <3% phytoliths, <2% chalk flecks
Post-depositional Features: 2% animal burrows and root action
Basal Boundary: anthropogenic dump , diffuse and irregular boundary shares characteristics with underlying deposit slopes from east to west and north to south
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 160
Total Deposit Volume: 197
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
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 Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 4
Unit description: Bone point.Last number = 1 HF- Small unit of dry sieved material composed mainly of long bone shaft fragments and loose teeth. Unit made up of mainly sheep and cattle size fragments. Sheep size fragments made up the majority of the unit. Recordable elements included 2 horse teeth and a tooth from a marten. Only two fragments exhibited evidence of burning. Surface condition is mostly normal, and showed no evidence of digestion. There were fragments with DZ’s but only a small number as most of the bone from this unit appears to be processed bone with mainly small shaft fragments and ribs. A piece of shell was extracted from this unit.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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