Unit 8315

Category: layer    dug in 2001

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 63cm N-S X 12 cm E-W 

Discussion: Unit consists of burial fill in eastern wall of burial cut of F.644. This burial fill represents the "bell" excavation of the burial cut through the upper floor levels. That is the burial art was greater in the levels lower then the original burial cut and was therefore not evident until we exposed floor #8. Floor #9 is evident in the profile and therefore suggests that the edge of the original burial cut has been reached in the upper levels. The midden is distinct below these floor levels as massive bedding layer. Human bones were located in the lower levels at the eastern aspect of the unit. These included: a tibial epiphysis, 2 metacarpals, a distal ulnar epiphysis, and 2 cervical vertebrae. These bones probably being to 8113 or 8114. Just north of these bones, also in the eastern sidewall there is a partially articulated foot. This foot is both articulated and disturbed since only part of the foot is actually present. The phalanges are in proper articulation however. Foot belongs to 8113. When disturbed 8113 must not have had one foot disturbed.

Photo numbers: 2001T464. 33-39 2001T466. 01-16 

Recognition: soil coloration; cut in flor #8 

Definition: distinct at flor level, less distinct beneath floor in midden 

Execution: trowel, leaf trowel, brushes 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: top layer: hard compact; midden layer, loose, friable 

Colour: 7.5 YR 6/2 (pinkish grey); 10 YR 6/4 (light yellowish brown); 10 Yr 5/2 (gray-brown) 

Texture: clay; silty loam 

Bedding: layered; top layers= floor and packing; lower layer=midden 

Inclusions: human bone, animal bone, charcoal, shell 

Post-depositional Features: animal bone, charcoal, shell, human bone, obsidian 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary ( end of skeleton units) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 8286, 8287 equal to: (Click to view the record) 6693 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds 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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