Unit 4428

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill 

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

Dimensions: 0.28m (N-S) by 0.18m (E-W) by 0.02m deep 

Discussion: Mottled burial fill contained within burial basket, above skeleton and below basket lid. 

Recognition: Dark fill between phytolith features and skeletal material 

Definition: Clearly contained within phytolith "basket" 

Execution: Trowel and fine conservation tools 

Condition: dry and crumbly 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Mottled dark brown and dark greyish brown 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: less than 5% charcoal flecks and small bones 

Post-depositional Features: Some root and insect disturbance 

Basal Boundary: Clear, wavy, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4424 below: (Click to view the record) 4423 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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