Unit 20686
Category: Layer dug in 2013
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Burial fill
Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: heterogeneous
Discussion: This unit is defined as the burial fill of F.3697. U.20625 lay above and the exact boundaries between the two were not clear. The decision to make a new unit was made when there were signs of articulated bones that could belong to an individual (which was also the case). There were some loose bones in the fill that could belong to earlier burials. Some of the bones from the articulated individual also lay loose in the fill indicating some sorts of disturbance. There was an animal burrow truncating the burial at the southernmost part of the feature towards the bottom. Orange materials were found at the bottom of the burial (beneath the skeleton) and likewise orange material was found under the wooden artifact that was found beside the cranium. There were also traces of some brown, possible organic material in connection with a concentration of finds (different kinds of beads, a possible stalactite and stones). A black substance in connection with the thorax was, like all the other materials, sampled. The unit was excavated using a trowel and small wooden tools.
Consistency: Firm to friable.
Colour: Grey brown.
Texture: Silty clay.
Bedding: Massive.
Inclusions: Charcoal, salt, phytolites, ash, bone.
Post-depositional Features: Salts.
Basal Boundary: Clear
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 29
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 10
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 26
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
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 2013 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 7 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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