 Unit 3528
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| Category: layer dug in 1999 |
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| Area: Bach |
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| Interpretive Categories: fire installation,hearth |
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| Data Category Information: none |
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| Dimensions: 0.80m x 0.34 m |
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| Discussion: Began removing "fire instalation" ashuman skull was being prepared for removal. As the burnt layers were removed there was a second skull found facing the first (face to face) which were in the layer just below roof collapse, 14-7-99 while Mira & Pedra excavated the oven remains they found 4 burnt rock fragments one of which was a grinding stone. Also animal bone was present. |
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| Recognition: Orange burnt color in a thin layer very distinct from surrounding matrix. |
| Definition: Clear boundaies by color & friability of material. |
| Execution: Trowel starting on NE side and sectioning the unit |
| Condition: Dry and friable |
| Consistency: soft friable areas combined with firm areas |
| Colour: 7.5YR 6/6 top layer / 5YR4/3 central layer / 10YR 6/4 lower layer |
| Texture: silty clay (60% clay) |
| Bedding: layered (with 3 clear layers:1. upper (10mm); 2.central (30mm); 3. lower (55mm) composition: 1. burnt clay; 2. burnt roof mat; 3. roof material ; flat paralel |
| Inclusions: layer 1: plant voids 2-55% flecks layer3: charcoal 5% 2-6cm, burnt clayaggreg.5% 5-10cm |
| Post-depositional Features: animal burrow in lower layer |
| Basal Boundary: |
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| Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): |
| equal to:feature 159 |
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| Total Deposit Volume: 0 |
| Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3 |
| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
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| Settlement Phase: |
| Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present |
| Associated Hodder Level (from Space): BACH.?G |
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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,Faunal,Obsidian,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 | | Ceramic Records: No | | Clay Object Records: No | Chipped Stone Records: Yes
Count of records:: 3 | | Conservation Recorded: No | Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 25
Unit description: Most of the bone came from the flotation sample and generally consists of small fragments. Last number = 25 | | Figurine Records: No | | 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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