Unit 2251
Category: cluster dug in 1997
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Human skull fragment
Data Category Information: none
Description: The soil surrounding the skull, 55 Liters, was described as follows…
Discussion: Mid x-y taken from 1.05m West and 1.80 m North of Pt#E1055 and N1180. The unit is 25 cm. EW and 28 cm. N-S.
While cleaning unit 2212 a human skull was found in the southeast section wall at/near the surface. It was decided to remove the skull because it seemed to have been brought in by animal (below it, in the burial section, a large animal hole was visible). Near the skull (see sketch, skull marked with X) was also a human bone, possibly a finger. This possible finger is probably not related but may be?.
After the skull was removed a harder surface was reached.
Only 5 L. of soil was initially removed, too little for flotation. Apparently, according to unit sheet, however, an additional 50 L. was later removed.
Consistency: Weak
Colour: 10 YR6/3
Texture: Silty loam
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Bone and little else
Post-depositional Features: Roots and animal bones
Basal Boundary: Harder surface below
Dry sieve volume: 55
Total Deposit Volume: 55
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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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 Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 4
Unit description: A very small unit, apparently consisting of handpicked material near a human skull. While the unit sheet mentions a flotation sample, we have no heavy residue. it consists of 4 groddy pieces of sheep-size scrap, most of them quite weathered and worn. It looks very worked over and redeposited, like fill. Last number = 4Figurine 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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