Unit 14976

Category: Layer    dug in 2007

 

Area: North 

 

Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window 

Interpretive Categories: grave fill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial

 

Dimensions: NE-SW=0.90m, NW-SE=0.48m, depth=0.17m 

 

Description: Foundation trench 25, SW coordinates 1033.64/1194.95, formation level 1010.93 

 

Discussion: fill of grave F.2767, contains remains of infant skele 14977 which is heavily disturbed and sk 14978 of an adult in crouched position.
Grave located in foundation trench (T250 in the NE corner, no grave goods associated.
Based on disarticulation of sk 14977, it is apparent that the initial grave of the infant was cut into for the adult and then refilled with the infant remains. 

 

Recognition: darker fill than surrounding layers 

Definition: good 

Execution: trowel, anthropology toolkit 

Condition: hot, windy 

Consistency: clay like, quite consolidated 

Colour: mixed, dark grey, charcoal flecks 

Texture: silty 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: faunal bone, human bone, obsidian, charcoal, shell 

Post-depositional Features: na 

Basal Boundary: clear 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 14978 below: (Click to view the record) 14970 equal to: (Click to view the record) 14977 

 

Dry sieve volume:

Total Deposit Volume: 35 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Buildings:

none 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

29 
Features:: (Click to view the record)

2767 (burial)
 

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No
Ceramics Data for 2007 still to be released
Clay Object Records: No
Chipped Stone Records: No
Conservation Recorded: No
Faunal Records: No
Figurine Records: No
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 records
Phytolith Sample: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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