Unit 4137
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: ashy spreads,trample
Data Category Information: Location: building; Description: general; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple
Dimensions: 1.5m n-s, 1.0m w-e, 0.03 to 0.04m thick
Discussion: Part of ashy spreads/floors/trample sequence - see (4125).
X1 - lying in hollow, probably in articulation. fox/cats paw - bones vertical, paw pointing downwards
Recognition: ashy content
Definition: edges of other things and arbitrarry
Execution: trowel
Condition: normal
Consistency: firm
Colour: mid brownish grey
Texture: silty ashy clay
Bedding: compound layered
Inclusions: ashy lenses, charcoal
Post-depositional Features: some cuts
Basal Boundary: indistinct
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 10
Total Deposit Volume: 47
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):
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:: 67
Unit description: Flot sample 2337, 2338 This unit was one of the ashy spreads/caches found by Craig in the southwest corner of Building 2, space 117. These seem to have been a series of shallow dips in the floor containing a variety of materials. 4137 contains most of the left and right paw of a small carnivore, maybe a wild cat? This entire group of bones was given one X number in the field, but have been given a series of F numbers in this database. The group of small sesamoids found in the flot sample 2337, 2mm fraction have been entered as a single record. The carnivore bones were, in general, one weathering stage better than the rest of the bones in the sample and had less manganese staining. All of the breakage was modern. It seems likely that the bones were covered in skin when deposited and buried rapidly. Two flot samples were taken from this unit 2337 and 2338. The small carnivore was only found in 2337, further suggesting that the paws were articulated. 3 bones from this animal were found in 4139. They habeen bagged with the rest of the paws. The rest of the sample (from the 4mm flot) contained a few very small pieces of sheep and cow-sized animals. it also contained a large number of tiny bone chips, 2 cm and less. They were not burnt. NB: The carnivore is almost certainly a felid, species as yet undetermined. Last Number = F67Figurine 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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