Unit 3272
Category: layer dug in 1998
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: infilling
Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 1.0 x 0.8 m x 0.08 m
Description: methodology / description same as / copied from 3255
Discussion: infilling in space 154. Arbitrary square metre of lowest part of infilling in south-east of space 154.
Recognition: arbitrary
Definition: arbitrary
Execution: trowel
Condition: normal
Consistency: Varies from loose to friable
Colour: 10YR 5/6 yellowish brown, Colour of this layer is very patchy, has also 7.5YR 6/8 reddish yellow patches and patches of 7.5 YR 2.5/2 very dark brown
Texture: slightly ashy silty clay
Bedding: layered
Inclusions: hard clay fragments (1&, 1-2mm), charcoal fragments(<1%, 2mm), plaster frags (30-40%, size varies 2-10mm), fragemtns of reddish material - possibly brick (4%, 3-5mm)
Post-depositional Features: very few roots, salt deposits which lie on top of plaster floor below
Basal Boundary: anthropogenic, sharp, contrast is prominent, form is smooth, slopes downwards to the south, surfaces are pitted in places
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 64
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8
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:: 19
Unit description: This unit (from the layer above the floor in sp 154, near the fire installation) has 4 samples; 3, 4, 5, and 8. Sample 3 has the smallest fragment size; nothing is over 1 cm. There are 10 pieces, none of which are identifiable, with one digested and two burnt at low temperature. They are not fresh-looking, and have generally been worn to the same basic shape and size (like little pellets). The unit does not seem mixed; all pieces seem to have been subjected to the same pre-depositional conditions and events. Sample 4 has 14 pieces; mostly 1 cm long, but with one at 2 cm and one at 3 cm. One of these is the mandible of microfauna, possibly a modern rodent etc. There is one digested piece and two burnt at low temperature. Three fragments of tooth enamel are present, one of which is burnt. The pieces seem less eroded and weathered than those of sample 3; the edges are sharper and there is more variation in shape and size between the pieces (they are not all little pellets). Sample 5 has 15 pieces, all of which are 1 cm except a long bone splinter at 3cm. One piece is digested, and none are burnt. This sample is also less weathered and eroded than sample 3. Sample 8 has 8 pieces; one is a small, juvenile distal calcaneus, 3 cm long, with skinning/dismemberment marks. There is also a tooth fragment. The other pieces are varied in size and shape. One is burnt. Last Number =F19.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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