Unit 22678

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill 

Discussion: This is the burial fill for burial F. 7956, an interment of the secondarily-deposited remains of at least five individuals, and the primary burial of an adolescent. It is extremely dark, perhaps as a result of the burning above, which actually turned the first 10 cm of this burial fill very orange, dry, and loose. The orange color and looseness is how the unit was recognized from the surrounding plaster floor u. 22677. The fill contained four wooden bowls, some of which seemed to contain skeletal elements, and one of which (X1) contained some kind of orange material that was sampled (S4). It was not fully excavated in 2015 due to time restrictions, but was treated by the conservation team so it will preserve for excavation in 2016.

2016: Mixed fill which contains a lot of charcoal & other occupation debris-characteristic of midden deposits & it is likely that this has been cut through midden deposits (visible in side of cut) which are part of midden to East of B.131 & backfilled with this material. There was a lot of backfill below the articulated remains (particularly at north of cut) which might suggest cut was left open for a while, it was cut through loose deposits which slumped into the cut while human remains were deposited or that it was partly backfilled before remains were laid. In the feature.


"Bowl" x5 found in middle of cut. "Bowl" x6 found north-east of sk. 31706 cranium. 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: dark grey and dark brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: a great deal of charcoal, obsidian microdebitage, moderate chunks compacted/baked clay, mudbrick frags & occasional plaster flecks 

Post-depositional Features: burning above; possibly contaminated as left open 2015-16, burrowing in feature 

Basal Boundary: Clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22685, 22686, 31704, 31705, 31706, 31707 below: (Click to view the record) 22671 

Total Deposit Volume: 138 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 10

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 13

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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