Unit 6252

Category: layer    dug in 2000

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Grave Fill 

Dimensions: 0.87m x 0.77m 

Discussion: Human bones were concentrated in eastern portion of pit. Patellae may be from same individual (right & left); other bones may also represent a single adult individual. Animal bones and obsidian were found in eastern portion of unit. A line of whitish material was noted in the eastern area of the pit below the burial. It was believed to be a layer (thin) of plaster rather than phytolith or salt by A.Roseau.
This unit was excavated to ensure that the base of the burial had been reached and that no further burials were immediately adjacent to the child's burial (which was excavated in the 99 season! The human bones tha were clustered in the eastern portion of the unit did not turn out to be a "burial" although their presence was another reason to excvate this unit. It seems probable that the burial was removed in the 99 season and that this unit constitues the area immediately under it but not necessarily part of it. Much of the western area could be grave fill but maybe not the eastern portion. 

Recognition: soil color differences/ base of burial 

Definition: possible grave cut 

Execution: trowel, leaf (murial tool), brushes 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: packed 

Colour: 10YR 4/1 dark gray 

Texture: 40% clay, 60 % silt 

Bedding: massive with rodent burrow 

Inclusions: charcoal, salts, bone, tooth, shell, bone tool small stones, hackberry 

Post-depositional Features: rodent burrow 

Basal Boundary: diffuse smooth anthropic/sedimentological boundary 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 6

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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