Unit 23724

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: grave fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: heterogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Discussion: Unit 23724 is initially identified under thick layer of platform plaster and make-up lumped together as U.23718. This unit was recognized as a grave fill primarily sealing another fill running underneath (U.23733).

Unit 23724 is definitely a different fill event from U.23733 because it is very different in soil consistency, colour and inclusions. The nature of this unit is very chunky and mixy with large charcoal bits and plaster inclusions.
Most likely, U.23733 was deposited first as a fill for both the child and the adult interred in burial F.3891, and then u.23724 was deposited as a second fill, maybe in order to fill the cut with much more compact material and build up the platform again. 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Dark brown 

Texture: Silty-clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Charcoal, calcium bits 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, smooth form & surface, distinct contrast 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23733 below: (Click to view the record) 23718 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 30 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): II 

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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