Unit 13396

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill 

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

Discussion: 13394 is the fill unit for the Neolithic fetus/neonate found in the foundation layer of the SW corner of Building 56. The fill was differentiated from the surrounding wall matrix in being looser and browner in colour. Animal disturbance was noted in the NW corner of the grume and was probably responsible for the disturbance of the skeleton situated in this area. An archive sample was not taken from this unit; all of the unit was sent to the flotation 

Recognition: baby bones exposed 

Definition: bones clear, burial cut diffuse 

Execution: leaf trowel, small tools, brushes, pick matic 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: reddish brown 

Texture: snady silt 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: animal bone, charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: animal disturbance, human disturbance 

Basal Boundary: end of bones, soil yellowish wall matrix 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 13395 below: (Click to view the record) 13361, 13362 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 3 

Number of Samples 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 

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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