Unit 4845
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: burning event
Data Category Information: Description: fire spots (non-structured); Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit
Dimensions: 4.6m+ w-e, 2.2m+ n-s, 2 to 3 cm thick
Discussion: Distinctive in-situ burning layer which covers whole area. Some form of general fire, possibly low intensity smouldering. Some greyish ash over yellowish osidation over black burnt layer. Contains lots of obsidian and bone which has gone black. Deliberate burning of rubbish / vegetation for hygeine / smell / volume reduction?
Recognition: distinctive burnt deposit
Definition: arbitrary / deep sounding
Execution: trowel
Condition: moist
Consistency: friable
Colour: mixed light greyish yellow above dark reddish brown / black
Texture: sandy clay (probably sandy because baked)
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: moderate burnt bone, occasional obsidian / clay ball / stone
Post-depositional Features: deep sounding to north, bioturbation - roots / insects
Basal Boundary: distinct, wavy, anthropogenic, sloping down to south and west
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 50
Total Deposit Volume: 158
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4
Number of Related Diary Entries: 2
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:: 154
Unit description: A burnt layer from the midden in space 181. The material seems vey similar to the midden layer above and below (4844 and 4846) but it is all carbonized and burnt. The burning appears to be in situ and some of the bone appears to have been burnt in reducing circumstances - probably in the soil. Completed: flot >4mm, smpl no 3, flot no, 2976. Diagnostics only. Almost all burnt. Contains most of articulated sheep/goat ankle, as well as 2 O/C ulnae and a Bos MT. The unit is fairly small, apparently a thin but widely dispersed band across the space. Taxa include sheep/goat, equid, pig and bos. Elements are largely teeth, feet and long bone shaft fragments. There are also three pieces of worked bone - polished ribs perhaps of the 'needle' variety. Also 2 bone beads out of a necklace of mostly stone beads. 4mm flotation sample #4, 100% sorted, was recorded for diagnostics only at a later date. Almost all of the material was burnt at low temperatures and the bone was generally highly fragmented and dominated by sheep sized animals. Last number = 152Figurine 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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