Unit 31884

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: fill of burial pit 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: homogeneous; Basal Spit: basal deposit

Discussion: This is next infill of burial pit which was dug into the eastern platform of one of the later reconstructions of B.150. An infill was homogenous and very deep. A number of disarticulated and loose bones as well as obsidian and beads were in its upper part. During exploration a sequence of articulated and disarticulated bones appeared, revealing at least (from the latest event): skeleton (23760), skull (23957), articulated hip (23905), skull (23910), cranium and ribs (23909), mandible (23906), temporal vertebrate (23955), baby cranium (23911) and the earliest skeleton, which was definetely the most interesting one (see discussion 32818). Soil of this infill was very compact and hard. Many of x-finds was found, especially a lot of multicoloured beads with bracelet laying around a disarticulated feet. The other finds comprised animal bones and painted shell directly belonging to Sk. 32818. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: orange, brown, grey, black 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: compound layer 

Inclusions: natural stone, pigment, plaster, charcoal, clay 

Post-depositional Features: disturbance by roots or animals 

Basal Boundary: unclear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 23760, 23957 below: (Click to view the record) 20795 

Dry sieve volume: 105 

Total Deposit Volume: 270 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 12

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 41

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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