Unit 7221

Category: layer    dug in 2001

 

Area: Trench I 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Grave fill 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 2.06m NE - SW x 0.8m NW x 0.82m deep 

 

Discussion: Friable to loose fill of grave F726 above skeleton (7226). Contains residual Chalcolithic material in addition to some Byzantine finds. Also some Neolithic sherds recovered. 

 

Recognition: Area of soil bounded by tiles (7220) 

Definition: Edge defined by tiles (7220) 

Execution: Trowel and hand shovel 

Condition: Hot, dry and bright 

Consistency: Friable 

Colour: 2/5Y 4/3 olive brown 

Texture: Silty clay loam 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: <1% pot, obsidian, bone, tile fragments 

Post-depositional Features: Frequent roots, occasional burrows towards base 

Basal Boundary: Clear, undulating, anthropic boundary to skeleton below 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 7226 below: (Click to view the record) 7217 

 

Dry sieve volume: 1200 

Total Deposit Volume: 1226 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 21

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: none

Features:: (Click to view the record) 726 (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

Ceramics Data for 2001 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: No

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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