Unit 3542
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: roof collapse
Data Category Information: none
Discussion: Began removing in 5-10cm spits with a pick ahe. Followed wall surface of screen wall in NW corner of this unit up against platform and south of it where slabs of what seemed to be wall plaster layed along the platform/ floor surface. These slabs were broken across the platform edge. We removed these in order to reach the floors in this area. Within this unit was bldg.debris and also mixed up bits of fallen roof material. However, the roof itself was kept a separate unit. As we reached lower began to come down onto floor of sp.86 we put a grid over area & start new units.
Recognition: up to wall & platform surfaces
Definition: reached diff. deposits which were just above floor
Execution: pickahe & trowel in spits
Condition: moist
Consistency: strong/com5/2pact
Colour: 10YR 4/2 -5/2
Texture: clay - clay loam=60-40%
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: 1. painted plaster flecks 2%; 2. bldg. brick large 50% ; 3. ash/ charcoal 5% flacks- small bits
Post-depositional Features: salts - present but not abundant
Basal Boundary: less ashy layer yet still mixed debris
Dry sieve volume: 210
Total Deposit Volume: 247
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 7
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:: 97
Unit description: X6 is a human ilium. LY 2001: The bone from this unit largely consists of long bone shaft and rib fragments of both 03 and 07 size animals. Very few are identifiable to species level. Evidence of burning is infrequent but where present the bone has been carbonised. Digested bone is present in low proportions. Amongst the identifiable portion was a distal cattle tibia that contained plaster on the articular surface, the shaft survives to 10 cm and forms a point in the centre but it is not possible to ascertain if this was deliberate, accidental or a feature of postdepositional damage. A massive distal cattle radius also displayed some of this same plaster on its distal end. X7 is a piece of antler probably of fallow deer given the presence of flat portions on the piece. A couple of pieces of fish bone were recovered from the dry sieve. 4mm sample #1 was recorded for diagnostics only. Last number = 92.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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