Unit 12891
Category: Layer dug in 2006
Area: South
Interpretive Categories: brick
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: brick; Deposition: homogeneous
Dimensions: 0.34 cm x 6-8 cm thick
Discussion: (added July 2012)
Together with unit 12892 the bricks constitute the fundamental constructive creation of F2533, the northern wall of B.80. The top 1.2m of were excavated- unit 18916-18917, a plaster layer, was removed. Although the bricks varied in both size and form, they were put in regular courses which supports the idea that they belong to one building phase. Above and approximately 20cm under U18985, a niche, the distinctions between the brick and mortar became much more diffuse and difficult to ascertain. These courses were more silty and compact and were composed of almost the same material as the surrounding mortar. The reason might be that the niche, which hollows out part of the wall doesn’t allow any space for bricks.
Some of the bricks and courses of bricks were covered by a thin layer of decomposed grass. It is uncertain if this was an intentional part of the construction process or whether the grass became attached during the construciton of the bricks as they set.
Changes in measurements upon excavtion by LS/GE:
highest point: top of wall appeared to be truncated and we excavted 1.2m of it from that point. Its highest elevation is now just about 1010,30
note on dimension points:
we measured that each brick was approx. 20-80cm long, 5-8cm high and 6-8cm thick
original dimensions entered in 2006:
dimensions: 0.34 cm x 6-8 cm thick
length: 0,388
width: 2,891
Total soil excavated-the online database would not allow us to put it in, but together we excavted a total of 720L. Since we excavted brick and mortar together, we halved that measurement and put 360L on each of the brick and mortar unit sheets (U12891 and 12892)
Added 2013: The amounts of samples are now added in the DB. /ÅB
Recognition: outlined by mortar
Definition: part of wall
Execution: partially excavated, mainly mattaock
Condition: dry
Consistency: firm/compact
Colour: 10 YR 4/3 brown, mid grey-brown, some burnt
Texture: silty clay with ash
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: bone, shell, obsidian, imprints of grass
Post-depositional Features: erosion, insect holes
Basal Boundary: partly sharp, partly diffuse
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 30
Total Deposit Volume: 422
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 7
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2006 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 2 Figurine Records: No 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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