Unit 10807

Category: layer    dug in 2004

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial

Description: fill of post retrieval pit located against east wall FAST TRACK 

Discussion: NB/skull (10834) reallocated to F.1711 therefore this assocaited fill also reallocated from F.1705 to F.1711. For reason see publication 2012 (SF 29/04/11)/

the fill mainly consisted of plaster and clay was firm and difficult to distinguish from the surrounding matrix. Some charcoal was also included.

Ther fill was mainly recognised by the sectio, but its limits were difficult to define.
At the very lower part of the fill a skull and some other disturbed human remains were found. Possibly when the cut (10808) was made, an earlier burial was disturbed.

The fill contained an cluster of clay balls and stones - unit 10805.
Although initially two cuts with two fills were distinguished later on they were taken together. Cut 10803/10808. Fill 10802/10807.

The plaster debris in the fill conta'ns many fragments of red paint (not sampled as this is a fast track area).

Note 21-07-04 (BSD)
After further investigation it became clear that this feature had been underdug. Fill 10807 had not been completely removed along the bottom of the pit. Thus the cut is somewhat deeper than originally thought (see drawing 04/913). The skull (unit 10834) is in fact a large inclusion within the fill 10807. 

Recognition: from the 1997 section to the south; in cut 10803/10808 

Definition: diffuse as was cut 

Execution: mattock throwel 

Condition: upper levels dry lower level moist 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: grey dark brown 

Texture: clay and plaster 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal and plaster fragments 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: diffuse 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 10834 below: (Click to view the record) 10802 equal to: (Click to view the record) 10802 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 175 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 5

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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