Unit 12211

Category: Layer    dug in 2005

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: grave infill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Dimensions: 0.72 x 0.72 x 0,06 

Discussion: This is a western part of a burial infill in N half of an extension. The pit of this burial was very deep and its upper infill was excavated as unit 11789 ( and had heights of approx. 0.5 m). Then, in central and eastern part of a pit a layer of clay was noticed, which was absent in W part. However, the exploration of unit 11789 was finished on the whole surface of the pit and 2 units were distinguished - unit 12210 (clay deposit in central and eastern part of the pit) and 12211 in W part - sand yinfill. When unit 12210 was removed, unit 12211 continued in W part but in central and E part of a pit (below 12210) a new unit 12214 was defined. Later on, it was observed that they formed an infill together so units 12211 and 12214 were marked as SAME AS. The skeleton excavated within this pit was recorded as unit 12202, while the cut of the pit as 11589.

Under the skull some whitish inclusions were noticed and also some organic materials around, which could be the remains of some textile. The sample S2 was taken. Some organic (possibly wooden or textile) samples were also taken from unit 12214.

Above unit 12211, within unit 11789 (1 cm above its basal boundary) a bronze pin was found, which could have been associated with some textile. 

Recognition: colour, consistency 

Definition: an infill of a grave in N part of an extension (skeleton 12202) - its W part (upper part of the skeleton head etc.) 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: black 

Texture: sand 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: pottery, bones, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrowings, roots 

Basal Boundary: prominent, very sharp, smooth, slightly declining eastwards 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 11589 below: (Click to view the record) 12210 equal to: (Click to view the record) 12214 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 25 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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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