Unit 12206

Category: Layer    dug in 2005

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: wall 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous

Dimensions: 0.26 x 1.46 x 0,18 

Discussion: This is a lower fragment of western wall of spae 248. This is directly underneath upper fragment of wall recorded as unit 7826. It is composed of two courses of light brown mudbricks with mortar.

Bricks are c. 34 cm wide and 10 cm thick.Its lenght is impossible to recognize. They are of much better quality than greyish upper course of the wall.

This fragment of wall is probably associated with primary, original use of the space prior to its use as a burial chamber. The wall is placed directly on bricky infill layer. 

Recognition: size, colour 

Definition: W wall of space 248 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry, hot, windy 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: light and mid brown 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: pottery, obsidian,animal bones, crumps of red pigment 

Post-depositional Features: truncated from the south by late pit 

Basal Boundary: irregular on bricky infill layer 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12212 below: (Click to view the record) 7826 equal to: (Click to view the record) 7827, 10918, 10982, 10985, 12201 

Dry sieve volume: 44 

Total Deposit Volume: 69 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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