Unit 19846

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: fill post retrieval pit 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 1,98x0,64 

Discussion: THE INFILL IS RECOGNIZABLE BY SILTY CLAY, SEVERAL FRAGMENTS OF PLASTER AND LESS CONSISTENCY OF THE LAYER.
THE INFILL HAS CHARCOALS AND PAINTED FRAGMENTS IN THE LOWER PART. IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE INFANT BONES (NOT CONNECTED AMONG THEM) AND A HUMAN FEMALE MANDIBLE IN THE INFILL. THE HUMAN MANDIBLE (ON THE TOP OF THE INFILL) WAS COVERED BY PLASTER AND RED PAINTED. IT WAS BELONGING TO A TO A HUMAN SUBJECT OVER 50 YEARS OLD.
THE INFILL OF THE PIT SHOWS THAT THIS ACTION WAS AIMED TO RETRIEVING SOME MATERIAL AND IT WAS REMOVED AND DAMAGED AN EARLIER BURIAL (OR MORE THAN ONE). IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE PIT WAS AIMED AT MOVING OR RECOVERING HUMAN REMAINS. ANOTHER POSSIBILITY IS THAT THIS ACTION WAS DONE FOR RETRIEVING SOME ARCHITECTURAL MATERIAL FROM THE NORTH WALL. IN FACT THERE IS A LARGE BREAK AND MISSING PLASTER ON THE NORTH WALL. IT WAS EXCAVATED BY TROWEL. 

Recognition: color and composition 

Definition: clear 

Condition: hot and dry 

Consistency: VERY COMPACT ON THE TOP, WEAKER IN DEPTH 

Colour: BROWN/GRAY 

Texture: SILTY CLAY 

Bedding: MASSIVE 

Inclusions: CHARCOAL, PLASTER, MUDBRICKS, PAINTED FRAGMENTS, SHELLS 

Post-depositional Features: NATURAL 

Basal Boundary: ANTHROPOGENIC - ABRUPT 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19847 below: (Click to view the record) 19845 

Dry sieve volume: 105 

Total Deposit Volume: 137 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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