Unit 11789

Category: Layer    dug in 2005

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: infill of a burial 

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

Dimensions: 2.20 x 0.80 x 0,59 

Discussion: This is an infill of a pit in northern part of an extension. As the exploration proceeded it became obvious that it is a burial pit cuting a Neolithic floor (11752) and using a Neolithic wall (10985), forming a kind of a niche below it.
This infill had an extensive heights and within it boundaries - in its eastern part another unit was distinguished. It was infill 12203 containing human bones and fragments of plaster which were interpreted as fallen from the space 248 unit 10986 (wich contained many human remains recorded as x finds or skeletons (partial but articulated) within it. It is therefore essencial to compare human remains from unit 10986, skeletons 11566, 11569, 11700, 11571, fragments of human skull(s) from unit 11771 with x1, x4, x5 and possibly aome other human bones from infill 11789.
In the basal boundary of unit 11789 a layer of clay in centre and eastern part of an infill was observed which resulted in prominent and sharp end of the unit in this part. In western part unit was finished at the same level. 

Recognition: shape, consistency, colour 

Definition: an infill of a pit in northern part of an extension 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid to dark and light brown, orangish inclusions 

Texture: silty sand 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: pottery, bones, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: animal bourrowing, root 

Basal Boundary: prominent, very sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12210 below: (Click to view the record) 11588 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 7

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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