Unit 14245

Category: Layer    dug in 2007

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: top layer of grave fill 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: 1.2 x 0.9 x 0.15 

Discussion: Last year (2006 excavation), assigned number 14205, now cancelled. This layer came down as the remainder of the grave fill in the upper part of the grave- This surviving layer peeled off nicely revealing a nice inside-wall of the grave, with a white (plaster?) covering on it. The fill is very mixed, having lots fo orange lumps of old mud brick, and also burnt clay mixed in. In addition, some iron nails were found, suggesting the grave itself has been disturbed. No 'grave-robbing cut' was visible at any point though during the excavation of the fill. After removal of the layer, the remaining of the fill appeared flat and level at the level of the lowest surviving mud-brick walls/lining the grave. 

Recognition: colour, compactness 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: crumbly, soft 

Colour: mid grey 

Texture: mostly silt and little sandy sily 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: iron nail, pot, bone, obsidian, orangy lumps of mudbrick 

Post-depositional Features: roots, truncated to west and south by later graves 

Basal Boundary: quick, sharp, straight 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 14246 below: (Click to view the record) 14244 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 162 

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 4

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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