Unit 6241
Category: layer dug in 1999
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: debris close to floor
Dimensions: ~75 x 50 cm
Discussion: Floor surface debris cleared down to floor surface, steeply slope to south. Debris firmly packed & hard to separate from floor surface which is fairly decayed. Orangish/white deposits found covering central portion of unit (2YR/8/3) - sent as sample #6, "Phytolithes". Several large bones in SW corner of unit (including horn core).
Recognition: A floor surface around space edges used a plain to remove debris on rest of floor surface
Definition: N-Wall; E-Wall; S-mid-space division; W-mmid space division
Execution: trowel/leaf
Condition: dry (slightly damp)
Consistency: soft
Colour: 7.5 YR/ 7/4
Texture: clay/sand 75%-25%
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: phytoliths 5%, charcol/ash 2%, orange/yellow phytolithes (sample 56) 10%
Post-depositional Features: compaction
Basal Boundary: anthropogenic, sharp, distinct wavy, steeping sloping to center of space, surface is rough
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
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:: 2
Unit description: X1 is a very weathered piece of antler tine that may have been lying on the floor, although this is not clear from the unit sheet. With it came a human metapodial. These have been recorded. The rest of the unit is sample 2 >4mm flotation 100% sorted. It is a smallish sample of mostly sheep-size fragments ranging up to 3 cm. No diagnostics. Very little burning and digestion. Surface condition variable. Looks like fill. Last number = 1Figurine 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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