Unit 19436

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: burial infill 

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

Dimensions: E-W 0.75 x N-S 0.65 x 0.1 m thick 

Discussion: The burial was found and exposed in 2008. It is not known whether any soil was taken out at that time. The top part of the skeleton was exposed and then covered by some cloth and soil. The top of the layer was disturbed, both by post Neolithic erosion and by being exposed earlier during the excavation.As a result the borders of t he layer was diffuse and some material may have been mixed. A pottery sherd in the top of the layer may be a sign of this. The unclear boundary of the layer resulted in the layer "spilling over" the cut that was a bit smaller In plan than the fill.
The fill had pieces of hard, brick like material in a light grey color, and bits of charcoal in it. 

Recognition: recognized as burial as bones were exposed on surface. 

Definition: the layer had a different texture compared to surrounding material, but boundary very uncertain. 

Execution: Excavated with trowel and brush. All soil went to flotation sample, except 0.1 L that went to archive sample. 

Condition: Very dry. 

Consistency: Compact, brittle in places, softer in others. 

Colour: greyish, light brown 

Texture: sandy clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: human skeleton, other bones, lumps of light colored compact clay (former construction details from other place?), charcoal in bits, obsidian, shell. 

Post-depositional Features: one animal burrow, one small rectangular disturbance filled with same orangy material as nearby Byzantine burials (perhaps shovel mark). 

Basal Boundary: slight slope towards middle. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19437 below:+

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 20 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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