Unit 13740

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: disturbance,pit fill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: >2.05 x 1.15 x 1.3-1.6 

Discussion: Fill of grave cut 13739.
Defined seperately as the original grave cuts became clear below disturbance 13730 after removing 13731. The robbers had dug into them and redeposited the human bone - all fragmented here, only one foot was partly articulated in the E end of 13740. So the distinction between 13731 and 13740 is rather arbitrary - defined at the point where the individual graves became visible. It is possible there is mixing of material from 13742 in the bag for 13740 but not the other way round. On excavation it became clear that the entire grave had been cleared - nothing in situ and the bones are all disarticulared throughout the fill and the long bones etc heavily fragmented. Also heavily weathered implying exposure and not backfilled after being disturbed. There might be some of the original grave fill preserved at the E end ofthe cut. Tile fragments and occasional limestones ere also scattered around the fill. 

Recognition: Beneath 13730/13731 though possibly the same thing as 13731 

Definition: Within a cut - 13739 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry - slightly moist 

Consistency: Soft and friable with firm (bricky) patches 

Colour: mid greyish brown 

Texture: silty loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional large-medium mudbrick fragments, pottery, tile and human bone 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrowing throughout 

Basal Boundary: clear, undulating 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 13739 below: (Click to view the record) 13730 equal to: (Click to view the record) 13731 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

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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