Unit 17456

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Burial fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: heterogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Discussion: Fill of burial cut [17458] - badly truncated from above by later burial activity. Remarkably sk (17457) remained relatively untouched. 

Recognition: Covered skeleton 

Definition: Not clear 

Execution: Trowel, small tools 

Condition: Dry - soil remains slightly moist 

Consistency: Loose - friable 

Colour: Mid brown 

Texture: Slightly sandy silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Possibly beads associated with sk (17457); freq. Leached salts; Phytoliths associated with sk (17457); Occ. To Mod. Charcoal frags. 

Post-depositional Features: Bioturbation; animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: Indistinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17457 below: (Click to view the record) 17495 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 26 

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 

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

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