Unit 2213

Category: layer    dug in 1997

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: house fill 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 2m x 2m 

 

Discussion: - mixture of building material and loose midden excavated from unit 2213.
- in SW corner, and SE corner, plastered surfaces (small, but continuing into unit 2216 to south) were left unexcavated.
- along plaster wall on E side of unit, a layer fo dirt (about 10 cm thick) was left in place, except on one 20 cm stretch (see sketch plan) where a probe was dug along the plaster to see its depth (bottom was not reached in this level)
- In fill left along E wall, pieces of bone (perhaps horn) were found (A on sketch plan), could they be part of a bucranium, since they are close to the wall plaster.
- in NW corner, a slanted surface of comparatively harder consistency seems to continue into unit to W.
- in SW corner, soil excavated had higher concentration of crumbly plaster, and patches of reddish soil.
20 VIII 97 After very careful brushing we could see various zones at the bottom of this unit: west half: concentric circles/arcs of burnt clay, black, red, grey around clear brick chunk fill. Wendy and Gavin suggest that this is roof fall. Building fill is south of this is midden/pit-fill. In the SW corner of the unit is an extension of burial pit (unit 2234/2235) dug into wider pit that is filled with hard gritty grey soil. 

 

Consistency: weak 

Colour: 10YR 5/3 brown 

Texture: silt loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bits of bone (<2%), small amount of clay (<2%), tiny bit of charcoal (<2%) 

Post-depositional Features: some roots (2-5mm in diameter), insect holes, 1 burrow 

Basal Boundary: N/A 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2228 below: (Click to view the record) 2200 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2218 

 

Dry sieve volume: 564 

Total Deposit Volume: 593 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 4

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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Buildings: (Click to view the record) 3

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 86

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:: 74  Unit description: This unit included lots of long bones, small bones and vertebrae of a frog or toad. They are probably intrusive - very clean, in good condition, and many of them complete. These have not been recorded here, but are in reference collection (labelled). LY 2001: Fairly small unit of backlog from 1997, the material dominated by sheep/goat although some cattle as well as a fragment of burnt antler are also present. Digested bone is fairly rare and burnt bone is present in low proportions. 2002 (NR): Sample 1 >4mm flotation 100% sorted, recorded as flot frags only. No diagnostics, one fish. Moderate size sample, mostly sheep-size scrap, especially long bone shafts. Rather weathered, a little digestion and burning. Fragmentation is moderate; not a lot of tiny crumbles. Looks like the remains of daily consumption. Last number = 73

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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