Unit 3367

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill,Midden 

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

Dimensions: 0.7 m N-S x 0.6 m x 60 mm deep. 

Discussion: Fill of burial in space 115. Appears to be at interface of ashy fine midden deposit and more dump like infill deposits (as in 117). Skull of skeleton 3368 was found as excavating 3314 but it is probable that this burial cut 3314. Much of 3314 which when identified was only very slightly different to the surrounding deposit - only being slightly yellow against a grey background. It was not effectively defined to the NE. The fill contained the usual material as found in midden i.e. charcoal and coprolite, same animal bone etc. 

Recognition: Very hard to define - skull of skeleton appeared first, a cut was searched for - fill was similar to surrounding deposit, area was redused in search of cut - eventually a very faint pale yellowness was discovered against a slight greyer backround. 

Definition: By following the above and also a faint cracking around the edge. 

Execution: By leaf trowel from south edge of 'cut' and expose hand and feet bones, then exposure of bones mostly but going back to check edge as well. 

Condition: Top crust dry - slightly moist deposit. Deposit flicks off bone well. 

Consistency: Moderately firm. 

Colour: 10 YR 5/3 greyish brown. 

Texture: Fine sand clay silt (10:30:60) 

Bedding: Massive; mixed 'midden and dump' deposit. 

Inclusions: 3% small flecks and fragments of charcoal; 10% flecks up to medium fragments white plaster; 10% small fragments, flecks and layer of yellow organic deposit (coprolite?); 2% medium fragments brick aggregate (pale grey brown); 1% small fragments of salt; 15% small fragments of bone. 

Post-depositional Features: Root activity. 

Basal Boundary: Irregular anthropic - unclear as shares characteristics with underlying deposit. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3368 below: (Click to view the record) 3181, 3312, 3312 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 9

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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