Unit 12210

Category: Layer    dug in 2005

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: layer of clay 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: heterogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Dimensions: 1.85 x 0.94 x 0,12 

Discussion: This is a layer of clay placed in a burial pit in northern part of extension. This layer covered centre and eatern part of the pit - cut 11589. It was found below infill 11789.
Its basal boundary was prominent and underneath, there was a burial infill distinguished (12214), while in the western part of the pit - blocky deposit recorded as 12211 was found.
The skeleton buried within this burial was recorded as 12202. 

Recognition: colour, consistency 

Definition: a layer of clay covering the eastern part of the skeleton (12202) in northern part of an exstension 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: mid brown, oranguish 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: pootery, bones, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: animal bourrowing 

Basal Boundary: prominent, very sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12214 below: (Click to view the record) 11789 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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