Unit 4594

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: burial fill 

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

Dimensions: 30cm by 24cm by 2-5cm 

Discussion: The fill is situated under the lid of the basket and over and around the skeleton. Possible reason for accumulation of this soil may well be during the backfill if the lid fallen in from the open gap this soil might have got in. It is not very thick and is of similar dimensions to the basket. It contained plaster aggregates and some small plaster fragments were visible within this soil. The dimensions of these small particles and their density can be described as follows; <1cm and <2% in general. The compaction of the soil is also due to this backfill activity after the burial and the pressure on the burial caused also some of the bonesto be squashed and buried into the basket. The fill is also contained in the fine roots and those partly destroyed the jaw. 

Recognition: By eye and differentiated colour and situation 

Definition: Situated under the lid 

Execution: Fine tools and brush 

Condition: slightly damp 

Consistency: Soft, friable 

Colour: Light brown colour 

Texture: Silty clayey soil 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Aggregates of plaster (<1cm, <2%) 

Post-depositional Features: Natural, fine roots 

Basal Boundary: Anthropic, sharp. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4458 below: (Click to view the record) 4456 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

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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