Unit 11556

Category: layer    dug in 2005

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: grave marker 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Material: brick

Dimensions: 1.60 x 0.23 x 0,18 

Discussion: This is a row of five mud bricks of irregular shape. They appear to be constructed deliberatly and remind burial superstructure known from numerous Byzantine burials excavated in the previous seasons. However no skeleton has been found in a pit adjacent to the brick row (feature 1193). Stratigraphic relation between this unit and the pit from its north side remains unclear. Size of the bricks is as follows: 30 x 30 x 16 to 30 x 20 x 16. Bricks from east parts are truncated by the later cuts. 

Recognition: five mud bricks placed one next to other 

Definition: grave marker 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry, hot, windy 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: light brown 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: pottery, obsidian, animal bones, shell 

Post-depositional Features: two bricks from the east truncated by later cuts 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 11565 below: (Click to view the record) 11546 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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