Unit 17535

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Red pigment 

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

Dimensions: 0,23 m x 0,16 m x 0,002 m 

Discussion: Layer of red pigment possibly cinnebar? Underneath the cranium of sk (17533) within fill (17532) appears to have adhered to cranium through prolonged contact.

Total deposit volume a valid 0. CAH 26/11/09 

Recognition: Colour 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Lifted and exposed in conservation lab 

Condition: Hot 

Consistency: Powdery surface on the cranium. Compact layer on the surface underneath. 

Colour: Bright vermillion/red 

Texture: - 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: - 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: - 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): equal to: (Click to view the record) 17533 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples 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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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