Unit 12616

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: mud-brick grave lining 

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

Dimensions: 2.04 m E-W, 0.85 m N-S 

Discussion: After the removal of fill 12397 and skeleton 12398 it became clear that there was a lining of mud-bricks within the burial cut-12396. This comprised a single line of unevenly sized light grey mud-bricks (except for at the foot of the grave where there were two 'rows') There was no indication of any mortar- the bricks appear to have been simply laid around the cut.
The mud-bricks were removed and sampled. A considerable amount of material was recovered from the bricks including animal bone, stone and a fragment of a clay ball. This material is presumably redeposited and at least partially Neolithic.
It is possible that there was originally more than one course of bricks that have subsequently been stripped away/ eroded. 

Recognition: Recognised as a grey deposit lining cut 12396 

Definition: Fairly clear extent of mud-bricks especially on North and South sides 

Execution: Hand tools. 12616 removed after skeleton 12398 lifted 

Condition: Very dry- prior to shelter being put up 

Consistency: Friable to firm 

Colour: Light to very light brownish grey 

Texture: sandy silt 

Bedding:  

Inclusions: None except redeposited finds- bone, stone and pot 

Post-depositional Features: Much disturbance by root action 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12396 below: (Click to view the record) 12398 

Dry sieve volume: 82.5 

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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