Unit 2226
Category: layer dug in 1997
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Burial fill
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 1.17 x 0.34 m.
Discussion: This is a child burial contemporary with burials in features 151,. It cut the Neolithic building horizon. The fill consisted of the surrounding earth and contained several relatively large lumps of plaster from a Neolithic wall next to the grave. The fill dirt was light and soft. Immediately above the vertebral column of the child, there was a tiny layer of solid clay. Supposedly, it was formed from water and clay that leeked through the coffin top. The traces of a coffin were iron nails, some of them, probably, represent top nails and some bottom ones. They were surrounding skeleton. Beside the head of the child, there was a glass bottle- the same type as in the grave in group, 151. It was placed parallel with the head, beside the right shoulder. There were two copper (?) beads below the chin, to the right child's side. They are probably from necklece. Beside the left femur, there was a bone neadle - broken in two. This was, probably, a deliberate breakage, since no disturbance were encountered. This interpretation could be strenghtened by its layout too.
21. Aug. 1997
After lifting the skeleton, grave pit was cleaned to the bottom. The south side of the grave was disturbed by rodentholes, visible in the south vertical section of the grave and on the bottom on this side. In the last one, a rib of the child was found. This rodent disturbances could affect that the right forearm is missing. In the east part of the grave and along the north, narrow strip, there are smaller and larger concreation with the plaster next to it. These concreations are more intensive in the NE corner of the grave - the closest to the wall plaster. Beside the above mentioned disturbances, the bootom of the grave is flat, with vertically cut side walls. (sketch b)
Consistency: moderately weak
Colour: 10YR 5/3 brown
Texture: silty loam
Bedding: layered
Inclusions: Artefactual inclusions (pottery, bone, obsidian) 5%, 2-5cm in size + pieces of mortar 5% and 5-20cm in size of irregular shape random in distribution.
Post-depositional Features: plant roots
Basal Boundary: levelled; abrupt 5mm - 2.5 cm; distinct; smooths mostly smooth surface
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 110
Total Deposit Volume: 138
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 6
Number of Related Diary Entries: 2
Settlement Phase:
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 Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 2
Unit description: Hellenistic(?) burial. X3 is a fragmentary needle base. F1 was found nearby but appears to be a different tool. Both were lying by the left side of the burial. Last number = 1Figurine Records: Yes
Count of records::none 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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