Unit 4460

Category: Cluster    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: wood 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: burial; Material: wood; Deposition: secondary deposition

Dimensions: 0.75m (E-W) by 0.33m (N-S) by 0.02m thick 

Discussion: Large, thin sheet of part mineralised, part carbonised wood in burial F.492, overlying crouched skeleton, possibly placed as a burial cover though only part of the skeleton is covered. It maybe placed to protect the sketon when the burial was re-excavated to remove the head. It is possibly even symbolic (the wood was later identified as hackberry which is very hard). 

Recognition: Clear charred wooden block below upper grave fill 

Definition: Clearly defined block with clear edges 

Execution: Small conservation tools from edges 

Condition: Dry and very friable 

Consistency: Very friable 

Colour: Black where charcoal, mottled white and grey where preserved salt replacement 

Texture: charcoal and mineral clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: >50% medium charcoal pieces 

Post-depositional Features: Minimal root and insect disturbance 

Basal Boundary: Clear, smooth, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4464 below: (Click to view the record) 4450 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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