Unit 16578

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Mortar 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: mortar; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 4.8 m E-W x 0.9 m N-S x 1.00 m (high) 

Discussion: Foundation courses of building 44, F 1341. Units 16271 and 16270 relae to the superstructure. 16577 and 16578 represent the foundation, although these units were a foundation within B 44, they were free standing to the south. 

Recognition: Bricks, color 

Definition: clear 

Execution: mattock and trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: compact and friable 

Colour: mdium gray 

Texture: sandy silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occ bone fragments, mod plaster flakes, occ charcoal fragments 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows, Mellaart truncation 

Basal Boundary: clear 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16590, 11677 below: (Click to view the record) 16559, 16271, 16270 equal to: (Click to view the record) 16577 

Dry sieve volume: 15 

Total Deposit Volume: 4320 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

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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