Unit 13755
Category: Layer dug in 2006
Area: Trench 5
Interpretive Categories: mortar
Data Category Information: none
Dimensions: NS 400cm, EW 85cm, depth 3cm
Discussion: This unit represents the mortar material between the mud bricks of wall F.2427. In some parts the mortar was poured or smeared on the previously plastered surface to be bricked, in some parts this was not done. The two (or three in the western row) remaining brick layers had a thick, ca 2cm, layer of mortar between them. This made removing the bricks easy because the mortar allowed them to be separated layer by layer. Unfortunately no vertical mortar lines were identified, which may be due to the fact that the bricks were formed like slabs in their final positions. In some parts it does seem that the gaps between such slabs were filled with mortar, although this is by no means regular nor can be traced at certain intervals. A grond stone was located in the lowest layer of mortar, closely above the plastered transitional layer.
Recognition: difference in color and consistency to mud-brick material
Definition: clear in section, in plan view more difficult
Execution: trowel
Condition: hot, under shelter
Consistency: loose, crumbly, with some clay spots
Colour: brown, beige, white, yellow, black
Texture: silty sand, some clay
Bedding: massive
Inclusions: charcoal, stone, organic material (mineral and straw ?)
Post-depositional Features: animal burrows
Basal Boundary: uneven, following bricks or plastering layer
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 1
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: No 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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