Unit 8917

Category: layer    dug in 2004

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: grave marker 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Material: brick

Dimensions: 2,94 x 0,40 x 0,43 

Discussion: It is a grave marker situated in S part of an extension and burnt of 10 mudbricks placed diagonally one on another and with dimensions 0.38x0.38x0.12m. They were all well preserved and the marker was oriented NE-SW. W part of the marker was placed under the section so a little niche was necessary to be excavated in S section of the extension. 

Recognition: shape and consistency 

Definition: a grave marker of diagonally placed mudbricks - S part of an extension 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry, windy, warm 

Consistency: firm to compact 

Colour: light to brown 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: none 

Post-depositional Features: rodent burrowing 

Basal Boundary: prominent, flat, smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 10908 below: (Click to view the record) 8937 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit 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 

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

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