Unit 6693

Category: layer    dug in 2001

 

Area: North 

 

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Interpretive Categories: burial fill 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: 1.01 m N-S X 1.43m E-W 

 

Discussion: We exposed the bones completely that had been exposed partly last year (2000). 6693 is the soil above and surrounding the skeletons. The texture is middenny and massive; the same as last year. The unit number has changed with the new year. WE maintained this as a single unit until the individual articulated skeletons were fully exposed. After the expostition of the bones Lori and I identified 3 individuals. 2 articulated individuals, one disturbed and completely scattered. The disturbed individual (skeleton 8113) was removed with the soil surrounding these bones as part of this unit. The soil immediately surrounding sk 8114 and sk 8115 are in new units. The burial cuts (F. 634, 644 & 647) have been examined relative to the skeletons. It appears that F. 634 relates to sk 8115 and F. 647 to 8114. It is possible that sk 8113 relates to F. 644 but this is not at all clear since this skeleton was scattered throughout the unit.
RET- Samples 7 and 8 were the result of cleaning the sides of the burial cuts after removal of the skeletons. They include some of 6653 which is not to serious a problem. 

 

Recognition: soil surrounding skeleton (8113, 8114, 8115) 

Definition: burial fill 

Execution: trowel, dental pick, brushes, leaf trowel 

Condition: moist 

Consistency: soft, loose 

Colour: 10YR 4/2: dark grayish brown 

Texture: midden-like (clay and ash) 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal, animal bone, obsidian, hackberry, clay ball 

Post-depositional Features: animal and root disturbances 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary (skeleton completely exposed) 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 8168, 6385, 6664, 6171 below: (Click to view the record) 6323 equal to: (Click to view the record) 6653 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 10

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: 3 (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) 634 (burial) 644 (burial)   647 (burial)   760 (basket)

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 2001 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 112

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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