Unit 8855

Category: layer    dug in 2004

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill - arbitrary layer 

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

Dimensions: E-W 94 cm; N-S 29 cm 

Discussion: While I was cleaning the surface 8858, I detected the skull of sk. 8857. The fill was in the midden area and it was not possible to be distinguished from the rest of the midden. In spite ofthe ''fast-track'' sampling technique, we decided to dry sieve this unit (the burial fill) since it was cut into the midden (U. 8854) and probably backfilled with the same material.
The fill (U. 8855) cosisted of ashy midden, light gray to gray in colour, containing the usual inclusions - animalbones, obsidian flakes, pottery sherds,charcoal, smallstones, etc. We were also not able to identify the relation ofthe grave with the gray surface (U. 8858). 

Recognition: a skull in the midden 

Definition: diffuse grave pit, unrecognizable 

Execution: trowel, dental pick, brush 

Condition: very dry 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: gray to light gray 

Texture: ashy loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: animal bone, obsidian, brick, charcoal, stone 

Post-depositional Features: animal holes, roots 

Basal Boundary: base of skeleton, arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8857 below: (Click to view the record) 8853 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 20 

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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