Unit 3563

Category: layer    dug in 1999

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: floor surface 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 1x1 m 

 

Discussion: Collapsed deposits + debris directly overlying uppermost floor in sp. 86. Dug in M squares. Deposites are similar over whole room. Mixed constructional debris including large slabs of collapsed wall plaster, burnt brick frags.
A "stone" bead from this unit was found in the heavy residue. There is a possibility that the bead comes from the late Roman burial that was dug in the Neolithic deposits above this unit. The burial was excavated in 1987. One of the reasons for this interpretation is that the bead does not look Neolithic and the material that it is made of looks like frit (proto glass mat.) 

 

Recognition: lower level of previously dug deposits 

Definition: within sp. 86, screen wall on West, grid 

Execution: hard, pick, trowel 

Condition: medium 

Consistency: slightly plastic, slightly sticky 

Colour: 10YR 6/3 

Texture: silty-clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: some plaster slabs 0.5-10 cm < 10% 

Post-depositional Features: few roots, some small animal/insect holes 

Basal Boundary: v. sharp, distinct onto floor 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 3535 

 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 3

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 86

Features:: (Click to view the record) 606 (central "room")

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:: 66  Unit description: Sample 1 >4 mm flotation sorted 100%, recorded completely. Largish unit for floor. Mostly quite fragmented, but a few larger pieces (up to 6 cm). Only slightly more sheep-size than large mammal; some fish and lots of microfauna, mostly frogs, including some very large ones (only one is burnt). Are they eating bullfrogs? Very little long bone, otherwise fairly even body part distribution. Pile of cattle horn core was probably once a chunk of several centimeters. A little burning, high and low temperature. Somewhat weathered. Seems secondary, kicked around, like fill. But why so many frogs? Last number = 66

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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