Unit 5272
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: trample
Data Category Information: Location: external; Material: occupation; Deposition: multiple
Dimensions: 1.25m+ w-e, 1.1m+ n-s, 5 to 25mm thick
Discussion: Distinctive thin dark layer lying over 'lime burning' (5274), appears to be a trampled activity horizon possibly associated with gully [5269] which it respects.
Recognition: distinctive texture and dark colour
Definition: later cuts / limits of excavation
Execution: trowel
Condition: moist
Consistency: soft
Colour: dark brownish grey
Texture: silt
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: occasional charcoal flecks, occasional light coloured flecks
Post-depositional Features: cut by [5269] / [5271] and deep sounding
Basal Boundary: distinct, smooth, flat, anthropogenic
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
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:: 40
Unit description: The only bone recovered from this unit was the material from flotation sample #2, 4mm, 100% sorted. This produced a small amount of bone dominated by unidentifiable and long bone fragments from sheep sized animals. Very few bones of larger mammals and none of fish or bird were found in this unit. The fauna from this unit seems to display a variety of taphonomic attributes possibly suggesting that it derived from a number of activities or locations. Although most of the bone is well fragmented, one piece of rib and one humerus shaft have survived to a length of 9 and 7 cm repectively. Most of the bone has been burnt with some only to a low temperatures and others have been heated to a high enough temperature for a long enough period of time to have become completely calcined. Additionally there seems to be a great deal of variability in terms of how weathered the bones are. Some display very minimal weathering whilst others appear to have been exposed for considerably longer periods. Evidence of disturbance by dogs is shown by the presence of significant quantities of digested bone. Overall, the unit seems to contain a mixture of material from lime burning as well as other types of activities.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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