Unit 10018

Category: layer    dug in 2004

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Burial fill 

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

Discussion: This unit (10018) was recognised by a rectangular pit in the existing floor levels. The pit was immediately recognised as a potential Byzantine burial pit because of its rectangular shape and E-W orientation. The soil witin the pit was a looser grey brown with orange brown patches than the surrounding whitish floors. Upon excavation of the fill the cranium of the skeleton was discovered, the remaining bones of the skeleton was then excavated. The soil was fraible and consisted of mottled grey brown with orangish red soils. Animal disturbance was particulary evident in the mid thoracic region anc in some of the limb bones 

Recognition: Rectangular cut into floor orientated E-W with softer, looser soil than the surrounding soils (cranium showiung after some excavation) 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Trowelç brushes wooden spatulates 

Condition: Dry 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Mottled with grey-brown and orange brown patches 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: White plaster, animal bone, obsidiuan, salts, pot sherds, charcoal, ash 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows, small roots 

Basal Boundary: clear, orange brown under friable grey brown mottled fill, more compact 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 10019 below: (Click to view the record) 10014 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 25 

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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