Unit 17532

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Burial fill 

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

Dimensions: 1,40 m x 0,18 m x 0,52 m 

Discussion: Burial fill of Neolithic multiple burial F6065. 

Recognition: Contained human remains 

Definition: Unclear 

Execution: Trowel, dental tools 

Condition: Hot 

Consistency: Firm - compact 

Colour: Mid greyish brown 

Texture: Clay silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Moderate charcoal flecks, plaster flecks; occ. Burnt daub frags, animal bone frags. One worked stone frag. One clay disc. Red pigment (17535) present under the cranium of (17533) poss in the fill. Ochre? also present under the lower limbs of (17533) sampled. 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows. West side of the fill heavily disturbed by roots. 

Basal Boundary: Unclear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17536 below:+

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 268 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): ? 

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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