Unit 23733

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: This unit was recognized as a grave fill sealing two individuals in burial F.3891 and primarily running under another fill (U.23724).
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 much more soft and friable with plenty of small 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.

Two beads were found within this grave fill. The first one was shell bead x1 sitting at the very bottom of the burial cut. The second one was made of animal bone and recognized among the other animal bones found in this unit. 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Dark brown 

Texture: Silty-clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Plenty of charcoal bits, calcium spots 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrow 

Basal Boundary: Very sharp, constructional, distinct contrast, smooth form and surface 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23746 below: (Click to view the record) 23724 

Dry sieve volume: 140 

Total Deposit Volume: 288 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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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