Unit 1553

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: mortar over step 

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

Dimensions: 0.36 x 1.11 x (0.04 - 0.08) 

Discussion: Greyish mortar material beneath plaster surface 1084 of the step in gap 96/51 connecting spaces 107 and 108. 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: hot, sunny 

Consistency: very firm 

Colour: 2.5Y 4/2 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: charcoal (<30mm) <15%, clay (<20mm) 

Post-depositional Features: salt encrustation 

Basal Boundary: Sharp anthropogenic boundary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1555, 1518 below: (Click to view the record) 1549, 1532 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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