Unit 10227
Category: layer dug in 2004
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Tegulae in grave
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: pedestal/podium/plinth; Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: homogeneous
Discussion: Tiles lining a grave. Reused roof tegule. Typical Roman roof tegulae. Could by byzantine as well since they're probably the same.
0.53m x 0.41m x 0.04m
The unit consists of 10 tegulae, two rows of 3 placed on one side against the earth on each sides; one row of 3 on the bottom, placed facing up (pike on the roof) plus one tile at the head. No tile at hte skeleton's feet. No indication of cover There is no tile t the skeleton's feet but there is a mudbrick closing the tile feature like a box.
Recognition: obvious red tegulae
Definition: inside grave cut 10226
Execution: hand removed
Condition: (verbatim:Take a wild guess! Please!) guess: hot, dry
Consistency: ultra hard
Colour: red (brown patina from place to place
Texture: tegulae
Bedding:
Inclusions: tegular (roof)
Post-depositional Features:
Basal Boundary: flat, sloping towards east
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2004 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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