Unit 10503

Category: layer    dug in 2004

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: wall 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: brick&mortar; Deposition: layered (wall plaster)

Discussion: After taking off most of the fill the unit is divided into the upper messy layers and the lower mud bricks and mortar. The upper layer contains bits of charcoal plaster and orange clay. There are also some disturbances from roots. In the lower half the mud bricks are dark brown and the mortar is light brown or almost yellow. There is also a trace of grey mud bricks in the upper northern corner of the unit 

Recognition: The grey brick on the north side helped to identify it. 

Definition: The grey brick and the erosion provided a border 

Execution: Mattock and trowel 

Condition: Dry and windy 

Consistency: Firm - strong 

Colour: light brown mortar with dark brown bricks. Orange clay 

Texture: clay loam on top. Sandy clay mortar. Clay loam bricks 

Bedding: convolute layering then parallel layering of bricks and mortar 

Inclusions: 30% bricks. 20% mortar. 10% orange clay. 5% charcoal. 2% plaster flecks 

Post-depositional Features: roots 

Basal Boundary: sharp smooth anthropic boundary 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 360 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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