Unit 13731
Category: Layer dug in 2006
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: pit fill
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 2.7m x 2.25m x 0.3m
Discussion: Soft fil of probable Byzantine disturbance/ pit 13730. Contained many disturbed human remains (see also 13740 and 13742), tiles etc. Heavily animal disturbed especially on northern side. Arbitrarily distiguished from 13740 (possible fully disturbed grave in the centre of this feature) and 13742 (fill of deeper cut disturbing W end of grave containing skeleton 13744).
Recognition: softer, looser and more disturbed than surrounding area (ie 13717), also contained fragments of Byzantine tile
Definition: Clear within a cut
Execution: Mattock, shovel and trowel
Condition: Dry getting slightly moister further down. Hot
Consistency: Soft and friable although there are some firmer patches
Colour: greyish brown
Texture: silty loam
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: fragments of mudbrick and tile, pottery, bone (human and animal) and obsidian
Post-depositional Features: animal burrows
Basal Boundary: arbitrary - at the point where individual grave cuts appeared except at the northern end where clear
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 1822
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 5
Number of Related Diary Entries: 2
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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| Buildings: none |
| Spaces: none |
| Features:: none |
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 2006 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records::none 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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