Unit 20101
Category: Layer dug in 2012
Area: TPC
Interpretive Categories: burial infill
Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial
Dimensions: 1,50 x 0,50 x 0,68
Discussion: This was an infill of a burial located in the SE corner of trench 1. The burial was dated as being late (Islamic). The skeleton that was given number 20103 was lying on its right side and was oriented EW with head towards the West.
The cut of the burial was recorded as unit 20102.
A small amount of ochre was found below the ribs of the skeleton. It was collected as S1 sample.
Phytolits were also noted below the ribs and scapula. At the bottom a blackish layer (midden?) was noticed.
Note on Total deposit volume:
Unknown volume was unsieved.
Calculated from dimensions in 2013.
Recognition: Shape
Definition: A late burial's infill
Execution: trowel, picks
Condition: hot, sunny, dry
Consistency: friable
Colour: brown, dark brown, dark grey
Texture: silty sand
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: obsidian, pottery, animal bone, charcoal, ochre
Post-depositional Features: animal disturbance, roots
Basal Boundary: clear
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 510
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
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 2012 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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