Unit 8790

Category: layer    dug in 2003

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Grave lining 

 

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

 

Description: Lining is 0.075-0.1m thick 

 

Discussion: The lining of the grave was probably built by pouring a cementish type material in the grave. It also helped with the preservation of the bones and traces of a similar material may have covered the body.

Assigned duplicate number in 2006 when feature fully excavated by MCD 8790 = 12647 

 

Recognition: recognised by rermoval of wall [8793] 

Definition: Colour and consistency 

Execution: Lining was not removed 

Condition: Not removed, left in situ for the time being 

Consistency: Very compacted 

Colour: Mid greenish brown 

Texture: Silty Clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: None 

Post-depositional Features: Truncated by wall construction cut 8794 

Basal Boundary: Sharp 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8792 below: (Click to view the record) 8763 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

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: 8 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 1002

Features:: (Click to view the record) 1236 (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 2003 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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