Unit 20794

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: fill of burial pit 

Discussion: This is an infill of burial pit, which was located on eastern platform of the latest reconstrucion of B.150. This unit was heterogenous, it was burnt in its western part and had different inclusions such as charcoal, clay and rocks. The pit contained numerous human bones and teeth, a few animal bones and many beads. All human bones were disarticulated. 

Consistency: soft to firm 

Colour: brown 

Texture: silty loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: rocks, charcoal, clay 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrow 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20796 below: (Click to view the record) 20783 

Dry sieve volume: 107 

Total Deposit Volume: 137 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 24

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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