Unit 16865

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

 

Area: Trench 5 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Wall 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: NS: 121 cm; EW: 41 cm; Depth: 190 cm 

 

Discussion: Mudbrick in mudbrick wall F.5055, the western wall of space 341.

*** Excavated 08/18/12 by GWN

Unit 16865 is part of the western wall of building 98. It is a heterogenous unit with inclusions consisting of pottery, bones, stones, and obsidian tools. It is mainly sandy silt with grayish brown color. In its bottom level the plaster layer continued, which creats a joint corner with the one of the southern wall.

This unit contains mixed material of f.2413/5055, 5056, and 3369, removed as a sondage before the wall phasing and connection was clear. 

 

Recognition: Defined in 2008; excavated in 2012 

Definition: Clear in the East 

Execution: Pick, trowel, brush 

Condition: Sunny, under shelter 

Consistency: Heterogenous 

Colour: Grayish brown 

Texture: Sandy silt/clayish 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Pottery, bones, obsidian tools, stone 

Post-depositional Features: Rodent burrows 

Basal Boundary: Flat 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17290 equal to:none 

 

Dry sieve volume: 688 

Total Deposit Volume: 689 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 24

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 3 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 98

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 341

Features:: (Click to view the record) 2413 (wall) 5055 (wall feature)   5056 (wall)

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2008 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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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