Unit 2175

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: grave fill,pit fill 

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

Dimensions: 0.8m long, 0.6m wide, 0.25m thick 

Discussion: Fill of grave cut 2176. Very mixed material, deriving partially from deposits grave = cut through. A clay ball fragment, animal bone, obsidian flakes, some possible daub and a pot sherd were recovered from the fill, but these may well be residual from earlier deposits. It was identifiably different from 2124 however, and appeared less disturbed by subsequent burial activity.
Fill lay above, around and below bones, but for reasons of stratigraphic simplicity it + on matrix as above skeleton 2169

(2nd sheet added around 17.9)
This deposit must now be interpreted as the fill of a recutting / burial moving episode, which is why it contains skeletal elements from 3 different individuals 

Execution: Trowel, Hand Shovel, small tools 

Condition: dry, warm 

Consistency: weak to firm 

Colour: mostyly 5Y 4/2 olive grey when damp, but also darker and lighter grey mottling 

Texture: variable - most of deposit is a sandy silty loam but there are more clayey lumps within it 

Bedding: massive - very mixed fill 

Inclusions: scattered fragments of daub (<30mm<5%), also mud brick frags (<10mm<2%) + plaster/mortar frags (<2mm<5%) but most larger pieces = below skeleton 

Post-depositional Features: fine root penetration. Also mineral salt accretion around skeleton 2169 and the edge of the cut 

Basal Boundary: not very clear or distinct (10-20mm). 2175 + very similar to material that grave cuts through 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2506, 2169, 2195 below: (Click to view the record) 1955 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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