Unit 7236

Category: Layer    dug in 2001

Area: Trench I 

Interpretive Categories: grave fill 

Dimensions: NE-SW 2.02m NW-SE 0.8m 

Discussion: Layer of mostly loose fill below coffin (7230) in grave. Curiously there is 0.12m of this deposit between the floor of one tomb and the coffin, suggesting the tomb had partly been filled before the body was interred. The fill also contained fragments of plaster from the tomb wall, further suggesting partial fill prior to interrment, and also that the tomb was open for some time (at least to allow the plaster to decay) before the body was finally laid to rest. 

Recognition: layer of soft grave fill below coffin (7230) 

Definition: within confines of tomb wall (7220) 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry and bright 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: 10YR 4/2 dark greyish brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: less than 1% pot, bone, obsidian etc. Also some plaster from wall of tomb 

Post-depositional Features: some roots and burrows 

Basal Boundary: clear smooth natural/anthropic to dried mud/tomb floor below 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 7242 below: (Click to view the record) 7230 

Dry sieve volume: 240 

Total Deposit Volume: 265 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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