Unit 20930
Category: Layer dug in 2013
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Burial fill
Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial
Discussion: The cut for this fill was partially recognized when platform F. 6062 was scraped and cleaned. The depression in the middle of the platform which correlates with the unit boundary was removed with a leaf trowel. The fill itself contained disarticulated human bones belonging to at least two individuals (one baby and one juvenile). The bones were affected by heat - presumably the fire of the building. No bones were found in articulation. One relatively well preserved skull was given a unit number (20983). Another skull was located to the south of the fill but was not given a number due to its very poor preservation. The material will be evaluated in the human remains lab. The very poor preservation and large number of disarticulated human bones suggest the burial was disturbed by later activity - possibly mostly by animals.
Consistency: Soft.
Colour: Brown, greyish brown, orangish brown - in the southeastern corner.
Texture: Silty clay
Bedding: Massive.
Inclusions: Charcoal, clay burnt, clay not burnt, chunks of plaster.
Post-depositional Features: Burning, disturbance by roots and animals.
Basal Boundary: Sharp, smooth.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 58
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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