Unit 20101

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

 

Area: TPC 

 

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Interpretive Categories: burial infill 

 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial

 

Dimensions: 1,50 x 0,50 x 0,68 

 

Discussion: This was an infill of a burial located in the SE corner of trench 1. The burial was dated as being late (Islamic). The skeleton that was given number 20103 was lying on its right side and was oriented EW with head towards the West.
The cut of the burial was recorded as unit 20102.
A small amount of ochre was found below the ribs of the skeleton. It was collected as S1 sample.
Phytolits were also noted below the ribs and scapula. At the bottom a blackish layer (midden?) was noticed.

Note on Total deposit volume:
Unknown volume was unsieved.
Calculated from dimensions in 2013. 

 

Recognition: Shape 

Definition: A late burial's infill 

Execution: trowel, picks 

Condition: hot, sunny, dry 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: brown, dark brown, dark grey 

Texture: silty sand 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: obsidian, pottery, animal bone, charcoal, ochre 

Post-depositional Features: animal disturbance, roots 

Basal Boundary: clear 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20103 below: (Click to view the record) 20100 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 510 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: none

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 498

Features:: (Click to view the record) 3905 (burial)

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2012 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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