Unit 2032

Category: layer    dug in 1997

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: bin infill,room backfill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: in abandoned building; Deposition: coarsely bedded (dumps)

 

Dimensions: 0.73m x 0.6 m x 0.22 m deep 

 

Discussion: Infill very similar to 2016, likely part of the same infill divided by collapsed mudbrick. Regular patter on finished surface, probably just collapsed building material. Two flint projectiles & 1 clay figurine, reasonable amount of bones, fairly well preserved and quite large. 

 

Execution: trowel & handpick 

Condition: dry, hot 

Consistency: moderately firm 

Colour: mix of dark brown, red brown, white, colours leare when moist (no munsell) 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: mudbrick, plaster, bone, mottled charcoal; >10% mudbrick; >10% plaster; >5% charcoal; >30% mottles(plaster, clay, mudbrick etc); 2-4% bone 

Post-depositional Features: n/a 

Basal Boundary: n/a 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2051 below: (Click to view the record) 1649 equal to: (Click to view the record) 1820 

 

Dry sieve volume: 115 

Total Deposit Volume: 142 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 5 (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:: 90  Unit description: Medium-size unit, well preserved. Striking for several large pieces of equid metapodials and associated bones. Otherwise few diagnostics except pig maxilla. Relatively little sheep-size material, mostly large mammal. Not too fragmented, many large pieces. Clearly broken for marrow, but maybe not processed for bone grease. Fairly even distribution through the body, but large mammals light on ribs and vertebrae. Very little burning, little gnawing or digestion. This unit seems to have more integrity than many, perhaps to represent primary dumping rather than secondary fill, and to have been buried rapidly. The equid foot bones may represent a single event. This is not just primary butchery, though, as they have been broken in a way that suggests marrow extraction...... 4mm flotation sample, 100% sorted, was recorded for diagnostics only. Most of the material was 03 sized unidentifables, but a little fish, microfauna and a few caprine bones were also in the sample. Last number = 90

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

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 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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