Unit 15181

Category: Layer    dug in 2010

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: two walls and fill in between 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: EW 2 x NS 1,5 x 0,35m thickness 

Discussion: This unit is a cleaning and levelling unit of F.2428, F.2429, F.3320, F.3327, F.5052 and U.17235. Because of a huge disturbance in this area and because the focus of this excavation lay on the relations of the different features to each other, this unit was fast tracked and no finds recovered. It was noted though, that for the amount of soil moved, not many artefacts were included and all were rather strongly fragmented, which might be caused by the excavation with a pickaxe or handaxe. Finds cannot be attributed to mortar, brick or fill as they were not recovered separately. Traces of phytoliths seemed to occur regularly between layers of mortar and mudbrick. These layers were relatively easy to separate. The fill was partially recognisable through softer soil, especially after drying out. The slope of the mudbricks of F.2429 causes mortar layers to appear in the planum. After a day of dyring out, a few separate mudbricks were discernable (see 10/530). The buttress F.5052 abuts the wall F.2428, as one can see the small gap (1cm) between them. The plasrer of the buttress shwos up either on the elevation or in the plan (where the buttress was cut). Two more features (F.3334 and 3335) became visible during excavation, whose stratigraphy remains to be determined. They are defined by a gap and a plaster line. 

Recognition: arbitrary 

Definition: arbitrary - clear 

Execution: handpick, trowel 

Condition: under shelter, hot 

Consistency: walls: compact, fill: relatively soft 

Colour: brownish grey, yellow, light 

Texture: clay, sandy silt 

Bedding: compound layers: mudbrick and mortar 

Inclusions: pottery, bones, obidisian, clay lenses, burnt clay, stone, charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary - flat 

Total Deposit Volume: 1015 

Number of Related Diary Entries: 8

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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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