Unit 13147

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill 

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

Discussion: This is the grave fill unit for SK13133, SK13162, SK13163. SK13133 consists of legs and arms and skull that have been disarticulated from the rest of the skeleton and placed in the grave in a simulated crouch position. The bones were placed in the norther part of SK13162/13163 (over the left side of the body). The burial fill was not distinguishable for the three skeletons that were in close approximation of each other. 

Recognition: human skeletons 

Definition: clear 

Execution: leaf trowel, small hand tools, brushes 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: loose 

Colour: greyish-brown 

Texture: sandy-silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal, animal bone, pigment 

Post-depositional Features: animal disturbance 

Basal Boundary: end of human bones in pit; compact soil 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 13133, 13470 below: (Click to view the record) 12998 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 60 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of X-Finds 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:

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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