Unit 18645

Category: Layer    dug in 2011

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: bin infill 

Data Category Information: Location: feature; Description: bin; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: N-S=1.08m, E-W=0.80m, depth=0.12-0.15m 

Discussion: Infill of bin not excavated by Mellaart. Human remains in fill but disarticulated. Maybe similar to 19245 with human remains placed into fill of building after abandonment.
Antler fragment found under skull but very badly preserved. The fill contains some large fragments of aurochs also. 

Recognition: infill within raised edges 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel/leaf trowel 

Condition: hot 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: mid grey to mid orange grey 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: mod bone, occ pot 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: clear above white plaster of bin on north side and grey clay base of bin on south 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18686 below: (Click to view the record) 18641 

Dry sieve volume: 87 

Total Deposit Volume: 111 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6

Number of X-Finds 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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