Unit 6211

Category: layer    dug in 1999

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: burial pit fill 

 

Dimensions: 62 x 51 cm 

 

Discussion: This unit comprises the fill of the probable burial pit. The fill in this unit is immediately under the "burial cag" I.e., the thin layer of white plaster (unit 6206).The fill (unit 6211) comprises gray ashy soil with very evenly disprsed fragments of charcoal, plaster and some fagments of burnt brick clay. The soil is relatively soft but packed. (08/22/99) -> The depth of a skeleton was reached and it was stopped from going deeper here. The aim is to define the burial pit that goes underneath the floor of this platform on the eastern side of the burial pit. It was hard to excavate here since the earth is very packed and there is a danger of destroying edges of the pit. A number of phytolithic lumps was collected as sample no 11. All these were taken off the 'ceiling' the part of the pit that goes underneath the floor. This was also recorded. With the corners, I.e. those bits that were still stuck to the ceiling in situ. (coordinates for this sample were taken from the approximate location of these phytoliths on the level of platform level, that means that the actual height for the sample is 0.8 cm lower than one written on the sheet here and on the page. 

 

Recognition: a cut in the platform floor 

Definition: clear line of cut 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: strong 

Colour: 10 yr 4/2, darkgrayish brown 

Texture: clayey silty loom & ashy 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal,plaster, obsidian, burnt mat, ash 

Post-depositional Features: salts 

Basal Boundary:  

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 6206 

 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 12

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 

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

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 3

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 86

Features:: (Click to view the record) 617 (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

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 59  Unit description: A small unit mostly recovered from numerous flotation samples. Practically all of the bone is from sheep-sized animals and a high percentage has been burnt in all of the samples. 4mm flotation sample was fully recorded, samples 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 were recorded for diagnostics only. NR 2003: Some more flotation samples recorded for diagnostics and flot frags. Sample 12 is of moderate size, consisting of small but not tiny pieces, up to 2-3 cm. Some is digested, ca. 40% burnt. The diagnostics are all digested. Surface condition is mostly fairly good. A sheep/goat deciduous tooth was also recorded from the >2 mm. Looks like construction material. Sample 10 is similar, with a very fresh human phalanx and some pieces up to 5-6 cm. Sample 11 is smaller, with somewhat less burning and pieces ranging up to 4 cm. Last number = 59

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

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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