Unit 21630

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: burial infill 

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

Description: Infill of a burial (F.7632) placed in central-eastern part of sealed structure of B.132. Not fully excavated in 2014. 

Discussion: The burial infill (U.21630) was recorded next to the western face of the remaining (Eastern) wall of B.132. The sediment registered within deep cut (U.21631) was easy to distinguish from surrounded room-fill (U.21622) in plan as well as in the section (during exploration). The deposit compounded of at least two different accumulations that were recognized by the consistency and color. In its upper part it comprised of mostly crushed bricks and mortar, in addition it was less sandy and more greasy than the encircling room-fill. Lower part of the infill became darker and particular inclusions within it were more fragmented than in sediment above.
The excavation of the unit had been ceased at the stage of revealing human bones (Sk.-21636) in the southern part of the (F.7632). The estimated time of further exploration would have not allowed to accomplish the work by the end of the 2014 season.

2015 SEASON:
In the course of the research work in 2015 the examination of the burial infill (21630) had been continued and finally completed. The unit appeared to be very deep, reaching 0,48m of thickness, that gave eventually additional 180 liters of sediment which was entirely collected as flotation sample (S5) according to priority protocol associated with the burial infill treatment. 

Consistency: firm, friable 

Colour: mid-grey, light-brown, light-orange / in lower part darker hues 

Texture: silty-clay, silt 

Bedding: compound 

Inclusions: fragments of bricks, plaster, mortar, occassional charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21636, 21631 below: (Click to view the record) 22080 

Dry sieve volume: 130 

Total Deposit Volume: 339 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 16

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 7

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): XI, XII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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