Unit 20863

Category: Cluster    dug in 2014

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Deposit before abandonment 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Material: animal bone; Deposition: primary deposition

Description: This cluster consists of 4 bos scapulae, 1 astragalus, 2 vertebrae, 1 sheep/goat cranium, and 1 stork ulna 

Discussion: This cluster of animal bone was revealed beneath u. 20856, what appears to be the destruction layer of space 444, since it was composed of loose ash and seemed to have an evident point of ignition. This cluster seems to be the last depositional event in this space before its destruction. It consists of 4 bos scapulae, which the faunal team initially suggests might be used shovels, as well as 2 vertebrae, an astragalus, and a sheep cranium deposited upside down-- a fact which belies determining this cluster to be a ritual deposit. Few bones were removed complete, as the compression of being embedded in matrix u. 20864 led to a high degree of cracking. The stork/crane ulna is an especially significant find, given the symbolic associations of this bone in other contexts.
Addition 2015:
Another bone was added to the cluster in 2015 (long bone adjecent to the wall F3514). 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20864 below: (Click to view the record) 20856 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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