Unit 18428

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Fill of burial cut (18446) 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial

Dimensions: 0.77m X 0.74m 

Discussion: EW: Fill of burial cut (18446). In the burned B.76. Fill is of a compact, dark brown clay-silt. Very hard to excavate--as thougt the burning of the building baked the clay in situ. Inclusions besides flecks of charcoal and clay clumps is extremely rare, ie fill is very clean.

LDH: the compactness of the soil changed to loose and friable around the skeleton. The soils and bones were quite different in the western and eastern portions of the grave. The western platform was burned to a hotter and/or longer duration compared to the east porition of the platform. Consequently, thje soils and bones in the west part of the grave were dark brown and blackened respectively while the eastern soils wre lighter in color and the bones not blackened. 

Recognition: Color 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Leaf trowel 

Condition: Cool and dry 

Consistency: Compact 

Colour: Dark brown 

Texture: Clay silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Frequent small pieces of charcoal, burnt clay. Infrequent small pieces of obsidian, small amount of shell. 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: end of skeleton, beginning of new skeleton under 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18447 below: (Click to view the record) 18433 equal to: (Click to view the record) 18442 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 135 

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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