Unit 3442

Category: layer    dug in 2000

Area: Trench I 

Interpretive Categories: Grave Fill 

Data Category Information: Location: cut; Description: burial; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 1.90m EW, 0.65m NS, 0.60 - 0.68m deep 

Discussion: Byzantine burial fill that contained male robust skeleton (3450). Cut into early Chalcolithic deposits and much early Chalcolithic pottery used as backfill. Cuts through early Chalcolithic mudbrick wall that is roughly oriented N - S. 

Recognition: Slightly darker soil and definable cut, mid brown - orange silty sand 

Definition: Relatively clear edges on all sides except north, edge definition affected by animal activity in corners 

Execution: Trowel and leaf trowel (for skeleton), taken cut from edges of cut and then from cranium of skeleton back 

Condition: Dry and dusty 

Consistency: Soft and friable 

Colour: 10YR 4/3 Brown 

Texture: Silty clay loam - 60% silt, 15% sand, 25% clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: 50% human bone (skeleton), 30% pottery (mainly early Chalcolithic), 6% animal bone, 3% obsidian, 10% Byzantine tile, 1% beads etc. and stone 

Post-depositional Features: Human disturbance at top of cut to eastern side. Animal activity at edges of cut and around extremeties of skeleton (fingers/toes) 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 3450 

Dry sieve volume: 115 

Total Deposit Volume: 115 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

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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