Unit 20947

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Burial fill 

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

Discussion: This burial fill was recognized by a softer consistency of the soil within the boundaries of the cut. It was excavated by wooden sculptural tool, leaf trowel and wooden stick. The evidence for the existence of this burial fill was that during the excavation of burial F. 7130 more skeleton material started coming out from the upper levels further to the north of the cut. We realized that the skull uncovered must have belonged to another individual (juvenile). Therefore we shifted focus to the north of F. 7130, looking for a cut for this burial (F. 7136). Upon locating it to the north of the area, excavation took place. The fill belongs to a primary partially disturbed juvenile skeleton. 

Consistency: Soft. 

Colour: Brown, greyish brown. 

Texture: Silty clay. 

Bedding: Massive, 

Inclusions: Rock fragments, specs of charcoal, clay aggregates (small pieces), specs of plaster and make-up. 

Post-depositional Features: Salts, disturbance by animals, roots. 

Basal Boundary: Anthropogenic but not very clear. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30545 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 24 

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 

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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