Unit 4141
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: Pit Fill
Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: posthole; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 0.64m w-e, 0.52m n-s, 0.12m thick
Discussion: Lower fill of post retrival pit [2712] not excavated in 1997. Appears to represent a specific abandonment/demolition event - ?stripping of plaster. Some rodent incisors spotted - indicative of abandonment phase?
Priority Unit.
Recognition: In cut
Definition: In cut
Execution: Trowel
Condition: Moist
Consistency: Firm
Colour: Off-white
Texture: Silty Clay
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Charcoal, fired material - occasional
Post-depositional Features: None apparent
Basal Boundary: Distinct, clear, sharp
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: 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:: 11
Unit description: This unit is from the post retrieval pit excavated (or not) by Roddy in 1997 (unit 1873). it lies on top of a group of articulated cattle bones which were excavated as a cluster unit 4142. The bone finds from 4141 consist of bone chips from the flotation sample (2340). Nothing was left for dry-seiving. There were a few small rodent long bones which were bagged with the microfauna. Last Number = F.11Figurine 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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