Unit 15385
Category: Layer dug in 2011
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: burial fill
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: 1.16 EW, 0.5 NS, 0.5 depth
Discussion: The burial fill was clear at the top where the mudbrick lining of the grave was. As excavation progressed down, it was clear that the burial was disturbed due to finding human bone throughout the fill. There was evidence of animal burrows running through the burial vertically and horizontally. The SE section was the most disturbed, and human bones from the grave were located in this region and just outside, where the mudbrick lining should have been. Multiple fragments of iron nails were located, indicating a coffin was present. A worked bone piece was found, although it is not clear if this Chalcolithic oir Byzantine. ARS took some soil samples for Chemistry testing from the top of the burial.
Recognition: mudbrick outline of grave
Definition: clear, within the mudbrick lining
Execution: small pickaxe, trowel, brush
Condition: hot, windy
Consistency: compact top layer, loose below 10cm
Colour: brown-grayish
Texture: silty loam
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: pottery, animal bones, small rounded stones, white lyme
Post-depositional Features: animal burrows
Basal Boundary: Clear, one layer of mudbricks, wall defining boundary. Unclear in SE sector, flat on top of wall feature.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 120
Total Deposit Volume: 240
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 9
Number of Related Diary Entries: 7
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2011 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 1 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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