Unit 16956
Category: Layer dug in 2011
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: Burial fill
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: NS: .7 m; EW: 2 m; Depth: .764
Discussion: The small amount of burial fill left of this f. 3343 was just above two Chalcolithic walls (f. 3351 and 3354). It is highly likely that the burial was dug up by a later event, and most likely redeposited in the bell shaped pit f. 3331 where the scattered remains of a male adult have been located. Iron nails were located at bothe the east and west ends of the grave bottom, indicating the existence of a coffin. A few isolated human bones were located in the grave fill at this level.
Recognition: Red mudbrick lining
Definition: Clear, except at eastern end
Execution: Trowel, brush, small pickaxe
Condition: Hot, in sun
Consistency: Soft to loose in sections - loose in W end
Colour: Red-orange lumps and white lumps in brown fill
Texture: silty loam
Bedding: heterogenous fill with lumps of mudbrick and lyme
Inclusions: Animal and human bone, ceramic, obsidian, iron nails
Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows
Basal Boundary: Flat with animal burrows, top of wall feature
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 246
Total Deposit Volume: 268
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2
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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