Unit 3713
Category: layer dug in 1998
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: dump,in situ
Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 55 by 60 by 2-3 cm
Discussion: This deposit looks as though it lay in a scoop. The charcoal layer on top may be the top layer of this deposit.
Recognition: Grey ashy under charcoal deposit (3705).
Definition: Northern edge, fades out, Eastern edge defined by W wall of space 117, Southern extent fades out and Western extent fades out.
Execution: Trowel.
Condition: Good.
Consistency: loose/friable
Colour: 10 YR 5/1 'gray' but actually has small flecks of white 10 YR 8/1 + 8/2 and dark brown
Texture: ashy/silty
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: small flecks charcoal, bone small + rare, obsidian + shell some but not very frequent, plaster lumps, small clay ball
Post-depositional Features: small roots frequent
Basal Boundary: the layer was in a scoop, the distinctness is fairly abrupt, the grey ashy fire deposit comes down onto a layer with patchy chunky inclusions and soft browny-grey material in between; the boundary can be seen in the section in the cut into space 117 as a clear change in layers although this is not so discernible when dug; contrast is distinct (see above) form wavy surface
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
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: No 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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