Unit 2176

Category: cut    dug in 1997

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: grave cut,pit cut 

 

Data Category Information: Description: burial

 

Dimensions: 0.85 m long, 0.60 m wide, 0.30 m deep 

 

Discussion: Cut for the brave of a crouched adult inhumation. This is the primary burial in the sequence under platform F13, yet it was not the first actual inhumation. The disarticulated remains represented by skeletal elements 2506 & 2195 must be earlier remains pushed to one side prior to / during the insertion of skeleton 2169. The irregular shape of the cut may reflect this disturbance, particularly the break in slope at the base.

(2nd page added around 17.9)
As the human bone team discovered hand bones from 1955 under skeleton 2169, this cut can no longer be considered a possible primary burial action. Instead, this cut should now be considered to be a re-cut, the physical traces of the action that removed 1955, and scooped out its cut before 2169 (and 1955's long bones 2506) were deposited.
A mentioned previously, I did think that the shape of this cut indicated a recutting episode may have taken place, so the bone evidence supports this. 

 

Execution: trowel, hand shovel 

Condition: warm, dry 

Shape: irregular, subovoid 

Sides: vary, to south they are smooth & very steep (6 in 1 to vertical), to E very steep (4 in 1), as in the W too. The N edge is more irregular and less steep 

Base Break: very gentle 

Base: irregular in plan, but concave 

Orientation: long axis of cut E-W, but skeleton is better orientated than grave cut 

All Layers within: (Click to view the record) 2175 main fill, 2169 main skeleton, 2195 & 2506 other skeletal elements 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2536 below: (Click to view the record) 2506, 2169, 2195 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 1

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 71

Features:: (Click to view the record) 204 (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

Ceramic Records: No

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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