Unit 23608

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: infill of a burial 

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

Discussion: U.23608 is the infill of a burial. After excavating U.32090 floor layer, burial F.8345 is found and the infill of the burial was distinct by its ashy texture and its grey color. After excavating this rich in ash layer for 5 cm, the infill became siltier. After excavating 20 cm U.32777 skeleton is found. The bottom of the unit was distinct by its light brown color 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: light grey, light brown 

Texture: ashy, silty 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoals 1%, salts 

Post-depositional Features: truncated by a later pit on the south 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32777 below: (Click to view the record) 32761 

Dry sieve volume: 80 

Total Deposit Volume: 80 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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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