Unit 16806
Category: Layer dug in 2008
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: grave fill
Data Category Information: none
Discussion: Same as 14248 (last year) mortar of grave F.2416. Removing the remainder of the fill from last year. Quite shallow, probably affected by a year under sandbags. The skeleton was removed last year and this is the remains of the fill underneath. This last bit of fill is loose and has lots of small stones in it. There are no bones left but there are two large red mud bricks at either end. The mudbrick walls are white.
The NW corner of the grave is very disturbed and is therefore [unreadable] . It [unreadable] some chalcolithic pottery also.
Recognition: colour, loose consistency
Definition: fill defined by mudbrick walls of grave - clear
Execution: trowel
Condition: windy, cool, under shelter
Consistency: loose and compact areas; some small stones and gravel
Colour: brownish grey
Texture: silty clay
Bedding: mixed
Inclusions: small stones
Post-depositional Features: animal disturbance
Basal Boundary: all edges defined by mudbrick grave lining except diffuse edge at NW edge
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Total Deposit Volume: 100
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
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
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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 2008 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No 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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