Unit 4993
Category: cluster dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: bone deposit
Data Category Information: Location: floors; Material: animal bone; Deposition: primary deposition
Dimensions: 0.33m (E-W), 0.54m (N-S), 0.12m deep
Description: Cluster of two large scapulae and several other lagre animal bones in an ashy deposit (4986).
Discussion: 4993 was a cluster of three large bones which lay in an ashy deposit (4986) in a cut (4999) above a floor (5090) in the south east corner of space 178/ building 23. Similar deposits of large scapulae close by to ovens have been found in other buildings that have been excavated although the purpose of these deposits is still unclear. One idea is that the scapulae were used to sweep the ashy rake-out from the ovens. This deposit could represent the product of one such event, after which the scapulae and oven waste were placed in a cut to maintain a smooth surface on which to place the subsequent floor surfaces.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X
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:: 3
Unit description: Dirty area in SE corner of Building 23. Next to series of ovens with lots of obsidian hoards. NOT analyzed, but two scapulae laid directly on top of each other were X-finded. Both were complete in ground but were in dozens of pieces by the time they reached the lab. X1 appeared in two different pieces, one with glenoid. Assume these are the same scapula? The glenoid of X3 didn’t make it. Some field measurements were taken when the bones were partially exposed (in priority book) but they were lifted before complete measurements could be taken.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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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