Unit 16861
Category: Layer dug in 2008
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: disturbed area
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: NS 2,7m - EW 1,75m - thickness up to 25cm
Discussion: Pit cutting walls F.5054, 5052 and 5057 and itself cut by pits 16819 and 16827.
North: when removing the pit we discovered another grave cutting 16861, therefore we stopped the unit though the pit is probably not empty. Not sampled because heaviy mixed up.
South: We removed loose soil until the area where it became harder - yet it is not clear of these are the actual borders of the disturbed area.
Some dislocated, disarticulated bones cluster in the pit.
Recognition: colour, consistency
Definition: unclear
Execution: handpick, trowel
Condition: dry, hot, windy
Consistency: very loose
Colour: dark grey, with inclusions
Texture: sandy clay
Bedding: heterogeneous
Inclusions: frequently animal bone, pottery, obsidian, burnt mudbrick, clay, charcoal bits / some stone, human bones
Post-depositional Features: roots
Basal Boundary: unclear
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 410
Total Deposit Volume: 750
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4
Number of Related Diary Entries: 12
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
| 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 2008 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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