Unit 15348
Category: Layer dug in 2011
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: burial fill,room fill
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 1.29m EW - 0.67m NS - 0.38m
Discussion: This burial fill contains Chalcolithic material from the mound probably as a result of digging into the room fill of the mound. The burial was disturbed later as well, where both vertical and horizontal animal burrows were observed in the fill. There was one area to the northeast area of the grave that was a dark gray colour with what appeared to be white phytolithis mixed in as well - this was taken for a sample to see if this may be burnt plant material at the feet of the individual buried here. There was also a late period jug handle and body fragment at the foot of the grave in the southeastern section that is probably a grave good (x1). The other sample taken out of the fill was from the pelvis. There were fish bones in the pelvic outlet - on the sacrum and going under/into the pubic symphyses. Maybe digested?
JHB 27/08/13
This unit is the grave fill for F3340 (skel 15346 and cut 15347). The cut defining the fill was largely arbitrary due to the inability to identify the true cut. This unit is just below the topsoil so topsoil was sieved but not floated. The burial was in the west profile of T5 and was highly disturbed and all of the bones were disarticulated. A bird was actively living in the unit.
Recognition: human bone
Definition: unclear
Execution: trowels,wooden tools, brush
Condition: hot, excavated in shade
Consistency: very loose soil / soft
Colour: medium brown / mid brown with patches of dark brown
Texture: sandy loam / mostly sandy silts
Bedding: heterogenous fill / massive
Inclusions: pottery, obsidian, large stones, animal bone / human bones (see skel. Sheet); red terra cotta tile; large unworked stones
Post-depositional Features: roots, animal burrows at west and east end / rodent burrows, a bird was living in it (honey), winter erosion
Basal Boundary: unclear / flat, abrubt, uneven, irregular, grave cut
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 402
Total Deposit Volume: 435
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 2
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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: nothing recorded
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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2011 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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