Unit 17673

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

 

Area: TP 

 

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Interpretive Categories: wall 

 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: brick; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Dimensions: 4.40 x 0.60 x 0.45 

 

Discussion: This is a lower section of the wall located below the wall 17657 in the southern part of the trench. It consisted of three courses of bricks. Bricks in the first course were oriented N-S, the second course E-W and the last were oriented N-S. The size of the bricks in subsequent courses are as follows (as seen from the East):
upper course:
0.62 x 0.42 x 0.10
0.56 x 0.43 x 0.10
0.84 x 0.43 x 0.10
0.62 x 0.43 x 0.10
0.59 x 0.43 x 0.10
0.64 x 0.43 x 0.10
0.64 x 0.43 x 0.10
middle course
0.73 x 0.42 x 0.10
0.72 x 0.42 x 0.10
0.74 x 0.43 x 0.10
0.62 x 0.43 x 0.10
0.74 x 0.22 x 0.10
0.74 x 0.34 x 0.10
lower course:
0.64 x 0.56 x 0.09
0.60 x 0.42 x 0.10
0.80 x 0.43 x 0.10
0.63 x 0.40 x 0.09
0.58 x 0.42 x 0.09
0.50 x 0.44 x 0.08

The wall composed the southern wall of building 74. A retaining wall (unit 17674) made of horizontally placed bricks, was built against the wall from the northern side. 

 

Recognition: position, colour 

Definition: wall 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry, hot 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: brownish orange (bricks), dark greyish brown 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: pottery, bones, obsidian, phytoliths 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17697 below: (Click to view the record) 17657 

 

Dry sieve volume: 1086 

Total Deposit Volume: 1116 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 11 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 74

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 430

Features:: (Click to view the record) 2885 (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: Yes Count of records:: 1

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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