Unit 12397

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Burial fill- only one fill within grave cut 12396 apart from the mud-brick lining. No finds to date the presumably Byzantine? Burial but some redeposited obsidian and pot.
No accumulation of sediment apparent- presumably grave dug and backfilled very quickly. Original Total Deposit Volume entered as 0 altered by system check 30/08/09 

Recognition: Distinct 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Hand tools- leaf and trowel 

Condition: very dry and hot 

Consistency: soft-friable 

Colour: light grey-brown 

Texture: silty sand 

Bedding:  

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features: truncation by site stripping and root action 

Basal Boundary: quite distinct and smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12398 below:Topsoil

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 60 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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

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