Unit 12121

Category: Layer    dug in 2005

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Late burial fill 

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

Discussion: Cut was across 2 parallel walls and the space between. Upper portion of pit contained very small pieces of obsidian, bone, stone, etc. Some plaster, dry sandy fill present near service. Human skull identified and excavation proceeded as burial feature # 2042. Probably Byzantine, therefore dirt to be taken for flotation was dry sieved. Original Total Deposit Volume entered as 0 altered by system check 30/08/09 

Recognition: clearly defned cut fill with inclusions in 2 parallel walls, fill easily distinguished from mudbrick, plaster 

Definition: clear, within cut 

Execution: trowel, leaf trowel, brushes, dental tools 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: some loose, some compact 

Colour: light to mid orangey-grey 

Texture: clayey loam with dry sandy lumps 

Bedding: massive but with dry andy portion and plaster in layer near surface 

Inclusions: <2% pottery, <2%obsidian, human bone, <2% plaster 

Post-depositional Features: several rodent burrows 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12123 

Dry sieve volume: 10 

Total Deposit Volume: 128 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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