Unit 18702

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Grave fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Grave fill for sk (18701) in the east platform (F 3408) of B 76. The skeleton was immediately under another skeleton (18464) and therefore the volume of the grave fill was less than other typical grave fills for primary inhumations. The soils in the western grave were dark brown due to the heat of the fire in the house to this side of the platform. The soils in the east part of the grave pit were light brown since the fire was mainly concentrated in the wesern part rather than the eastern part of the platform. All soils were loose and friable with few inclusions. The soils did not resemble midden deposits. 

Recognition: human bone of a new individual evident 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel, leaf trowel, small tools, brushes 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: loose, friable 

Colour: light borwn in east; dark brown in west 

Texture: clay silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional animal bone, charcoal flecks 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: end of grave/skeleton, clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18701 below: (Click to view the record) 18466, 18736 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 34 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds 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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