Unit 4620

Category: Cluster    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: red ochre deposit 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: burial; Material: ochre; Deposition: primary deposition

Dimensions: 23cm (E-W) by 25cm (N-S) 

Discussion: Red ochre deposit, found in grave feature 513. At the moment appears to be lying underneath the body and above the cut. It seems to be put in the grave before the body was put in the cut. It is quite a thick layer and contains the arm bones and goes under the ribs. 

Recognition: Within burial F.513, differing colour 

Definition: Unclear 

Execution: Planned, sampled 

Condition: Good 

Consistency: Tenacious 

Colour: very reddy brown 

Texture: silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: clear, sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4623 below: (Click to view the record) 4615, 4621 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

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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