Discussion: RET This is an ashy grey layer that was noticed under the roof material.
AMV. A small portion (10 liters) of this ashy grey layer was removed from a section up against the west side of Feature 155, the White Monster. This unit was below 2238 and above 2255, both of which are considered mainly roof deposits.
19/8/98 Extends all the way to E wall. Actually seems to lie immediately under 2238 and 3508.
Recognition: Loose ashy, whitish grey
Definition: Clear boundary against fill feature
Execution: Trowel, excavation was aided by using baulk
Condition: Dry, soft
Consistency: Mostly soft
Colour: 10YR 6/2 (light grey), 10 YR 5/2 olive grey
Texture: Ash and silty clay with small percentage of sand
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: small amount of bone, salts and charcoal
Post-depositional Features: Not noted
Basal Boundary: Abrupt fairly smooth and flat
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 47
Total Deposit Volume: 89
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8
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 Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 32
Unit description: Small unit containing a fairly high frequency of burnt bone (30%). The temperature range of the heating appears was great enough to carbonise the bone without any calcination. The 4mm flotation samples 2, 3, 4 and 5 did not consist of burnt bone. Last number = 33Figurine 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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