Unit 8576

Category: Cut    dug in 2003

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: burial cut,cut 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: BURIAL CUT CLEARLY EVIDENT IN PLASTER FLOOR #3-4 AS A BREAK IN THE PLASTER WITH BROWN SOIL FILLING IN THE CRACK. THE CUT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SK 8584 WHOSE LEGS AND RIGHT SHOULDER + THORAX ARE FOUND WITHIN THE BURIAL CUT. THE REMAINS OF THE SKELETON LIES OUTSIDE OF THIS CUT AND SUGGESTS THAT THE CUT WAS UCH LARGER ORIGINALLY. THE ORIENTATION OF SK 8584 ALSO SUGGESTS THAT THE ORIGINAL CUT WAS ORIENTED IN A NORTH SOUTH DIRECTION. THE TRIANGULAR PORTION OF THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE BURIAL CUT WAS ALL THAT REMAINED OF THE ORIGINAL CUT 

Shape: triangular (probably ovoid originally) 

Sides: vertical 

Base Break: clear and sharp 

Base: basin-like and thorax 

Orientation:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 8479 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

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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