Unit 4614

Category: layer    dug in 1999

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: burial fill 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 0.86m (N-S) by 0.60m (E-W) 

 

Discussion: Upper fill of grave feature 513. Appears to be a higher than normal concentration of burnt cereals and tubers within deposit. A sample of (30 litres) next to the grave cut will be taken to check if this is normal to infill of building or that they have been placed within the grave fill. At least two other bones from another possible skeleton has been found, one in sieving and one on site while excavating infill. Awaiting results. 

 

Recognition: Finer deposits within bulky neolithic infill 4416. 

Definition: Sub-circular definition to fill difference 

Execution: excavated in plan 

Condition: good 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: Greyish brown 

Texture: Clayey silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Charcoal <1%, grit, plaster bits 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: Clear, sharp 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4619 below: (Click to view the record) 3999 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 6

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 163

Features:: (Click to view the record) 513 (Burial)

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 61  Unit description: Flot sample 1706 - completely analyzed Also some handpicked material The upper fill from burial F.513. There is a high density of bone in this flot sample including a few canid bones, most of a weasel and a very large number of rodent bones, mainly mouse and a few shrew. There is also a small number of sheep/goat bones. In addition to the few bones that can positively be identified to canid there are a number of small to medium size bones including what was a complete scapula, and complete lumbar and thoracic vertebra which may be from the same animal. Apparently a cluster of medium sized bones were handpicked by the excavator but were broken/dissolved before reaching the bone lab. These disarticulated dog bones are likely to be the same as those in 4416 (needs checking), and a likely scenario is that the animal was in the fill of 4416, and disturbed when the burial was cut in, so that several bones ended up back filled into the burial fill. The weasel skeleton appears almost complete, and seems securely associated with the burial fill. Overall the colour is dark brown to black and there is a fair amount of burning at high and low temperatures. Fragment size is larger than normal although this may be due to the very low percentage of modern breaks and to the puppy bones. Apart from the two skeletons mentioned above, the colour and fragmentation is similar to the flot sample taken from the general surrounding fill 4416. 4mm flotation sample 3, 100% sorted, was recorded for diagnostics only at a later date. Last Number = F.61

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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