Unit 4822

Category: layer    dug in 1999

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: accumulation,stabling 

 

Data Category Information: Description: penning; Deposition: heterogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

 

Dimensions: 4.6m+ w-e, 1.8m+ n-s, 0.04m thick 

 

Description: Same as (4710) except charcoal is moderate, less bone, lenses thicker and there is more grey and less orange. 

 

Discussion: Same as (4719). 

 

Recognition: distinct orangey colour / thin bands 

Definition: deep sounding / wall / arbitrary 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: mixed - bands are orange, light to mid grey, light to mid greyish brown 

Texture: mainly clay 

Bedding: compound layered 

Inclusions: frequent phytoliths, occasional bone / obsidian / charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: deep sounding, roots, burrows, wendy 

Basal Boundary: faint, smooth, anthropogenic, sloping down at west end 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4823, 4840 below: (Click to view the record) 4821 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4517 

 

Dry sieve volume: 195 

Total Deposit Volume: 275 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 199

Features:: none

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:: 40  Unit description: Flot sample 2800 Also dry sieved A compound layer from the second 'stabling' deposit, very similar to 4821, but with a larger fragment size. The bones are light to medium dark brown and are largely long bone fragments. There are no polished fragments as in 4821/4819, but there are some very clean bones. 03 and 07 size taxa are preent. Only a few bones are identifiable to taxa, but they include cattle, sheep/goat and human. Three, 4mm, flotation samples (2, 3 and 5) were studied at a later date and had only the diagnostics recorded. Most of the bone in these samples was highly fragmented bone of sheep sized animals, with little burnt bone and minimal weathering. Sample number 3 contained a shed dp3 supporting the interpretation of the unit as a stabling deposit. Last number = F.40

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 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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