 Unit 12502
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| Category: Layer dug in 2006 |
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| Area: South |
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| Interpretive Categories: midden |
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| Data Category Information: Location: external; Deposition: finely bedded |
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| Dimensions: 4.95x3.2x0.2m |
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| Discussion: Layer is described as a midden layer of domestic waste dumps. Lenses of charcoal and ash etc., suggest a number of events probably associated with oven and/or hearth cleaning. This layer covers a burnt brick layer. |
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| Recognition: Uniform colour of mid grey with reddish brown. Visable in truncated north section. |
| Definition: Clear |
| Execution: Trowel and mattock |
| Condition: dry |
| Consistency: Friable |
| Colour: Mid grey with reddish brown |
| Texture: sandy silt |
| Bedding: Compound layered. Contained patches of thin 0.0 to 0.01m charcoal and ashy areas or lenses |
| Inclusions: Animal bone, pottery, charcoal, obsidian, slag, clay ball, clay figurine and bone figurine |
| Post-depositional Features: |
| Basal Boundary: clear |
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| Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): |
| above: (Click to view the record) 12508 |
| below: (Click to view the record) 12518, 14321, 14808 |
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| Dry sieve volume: 1215 |
| Total Deposit Volume: 1246 |
| Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4 |
| Number of Related Diary Entries: 1 |
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| Settlement Phase: |
| Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present |
| Associated Hodder Level (from Space): South.P |
| Related Photos: 11 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings:
none | Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| Features::
none |
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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: Archive,Clay,Faunal,Flint,Obsidian,Pigment,Pottery,Shell,Stone |
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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: Yes
Count of records:: 1 | | Ceramics Data for 2006 still to be released | Clay Object Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 | Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 5 | | Conservation Recorded: No | Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 5 | Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records:: 5 | | GroundStone Records: No | Heavy Residue Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 | 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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