Unit 20809

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Burial infill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

 

Discussion: The layer is the actual cut infill surrounding the skeleton. It was partly difficult to discern from the surrounding infills of possible/probable burials towards the NE and SW. The layer material seems to be partly mixed with plaster/”plasterish” material, which becomes very hard/compact after having been exposed to air for a short while.

The layer was removed by trowel and small wooden tools. Some of the fill may actually be left in the bottom of the cut, but because of new human remains (other individuals) are already visible and I do not want to expose these more than they already are as it will be some time before these are excavated, I have decided to rather leave some of the layer. HR-team seemed to think this was a good strategy. 

 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Medium brown 

Texture: Silt with some clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Flakes of charcoal, burnt clay, plaster lumps (small), white crystals close to the skeleton (salt?), phytoliths by the head (underneath and towards the western wall of the cut). All inclusions < 1%. 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: Unclear towards underlying human remains of at least two individuals, and towards the fill around these. 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20810 below: (Click to view the record) 20808 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 47 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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Buildings: (Click to view the record) 96

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 370

Features:: (Click to view the record) 7003 (burial)

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2013 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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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