Unit 30348

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Burial fill 

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

Discussion: This unit is the fill of burial F.7508 and it's based on what was surrounding the skeleton. No cut was visible. The fill may have been put while burying the person in stages in order to support the body up against the wall. It was exavated mostly with trowel and fine tools. The fill is probably remains of old building infill from below, because of the pieces of building material and plaster bits. 

Consistency: Compact, firm 

Colour: Brown grey 

Texture: Silt and clay silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Charcoal pieces, pebbles, plaster pieces 

Post-depositional Features: Exposed surface since 1960s, disturbed surface 

Basal Boundary: unclear base, based on skeleton. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 30351 below:Mellart

Total Deposit Volume: 50 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 5

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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