Unit 6236

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill 

Discussion: This unit comprises the burial fill which surrounds the skeleton. Bashak started excavating the burial pit.

In this unit number a basket surrounding the skeleton was found (see next number). 

Recognition: soil color on platform (visible cut) 

Definition: area of cut 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: slightly moist 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: 10YR 4/2 dark grayish brown 

Texture: silty clay 70/30% 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: (1)hackberries <2% (2)phytoliths (small size2-5%) (3)charcoal flakes small 10-15% 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary:  

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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