Unit 2771

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill 

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

Dimensions: 0.40 m NW-SE x 0.30 m x 0.11 m depth 

Discussion: Mottled burial fill, contained aggregates of floor plaster, plaster, charcoal and clay. The floor plaster frags are very similar to floors burial is cut through and therefore the backfill is likely to originate from the material excavated for the burial cut. However, it does contain charcoal which doesn't appear in the floors so some material may have been brought in - or it was derived from the FI 82.

The floors this burial cuts were excavated before this burial was found, therefore the northern end of the fill was excavated as (2756).

NB: having overlain .. .. plans it appears that the burial was but through (2751) and therefore the matrix has been changed accordingly. 

Execution: leaf trowel, dental pick, brush 

Condition: windy & bright 

Consistency: strong 

Colour: 10 YR 6/3 pale brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 2% < 4 mm charcoal; 5% <2cm plaster aggreagtes; 5% <1cm clay aggreagtes; 1% <3mm phytolith; 1% ashy lenses; 2% floor frags 

Post-depositional Features: 4% <4mm salt frags 

Basal Boundary: clear, anthropogenic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2772 below: (Click to view the record) 2727 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 13 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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