Unit 30893
Category: Layer dug in 2016
Area: TPC
Interpretive Categories: platform construction
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform)
Discussion: The unit was recognised as a platform (F.3873) construction, which is located in southern part of Trench 4. An unspecified superstructure (u.31871), probably unconnected to the platform itself, was found inside. Most likely, it was a part of an earlier oven, the third one in the sequence of fire installations associated with the platform. The platform construction was made of a very mixed materials including brown sand, plaster, stones and a lot of small charcoal inclusions. A cluster of artefacts was found in eastern part of the layer. A worked bone was found in SE corner of the unit.
Consistency: Mostly friable, partially loose and firm
Colour: Mixed - brown, grey, orange
Texture: Clayish sand, clay, plaster, stone
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Charcoal - flecks, plaster - medium, stone - small
Post-depositional Features: Disturbance by animals and roots
Basal Boundary: Faint, irregular
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 140
Total Deposit Volume: 170
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
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 2016 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No 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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