Unit 17686

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

 

Dimensions: 2.80 x 0.50 x 0.14 

 

Discussion: This is a wall located in W part of te trench, aligned along N-S axis. It consisted of one course of bricks, four of which were clearly definable. Underneath this wall was a midden layer recorded as U. 17670. The northernmost brick in the wall 17686 was placed on a small fragment of a bone cluster (u 17685) which was recorded within this midden (u. 17670).
Wall 17686 was located directly underneath a younger one, recorded as unit 17661. The southern part of the wall was not taken out and it is placed beyond the excavation area. 

 

Recognition: shape, consistency 

Definition: N-S aligned wall in the W edge of the trench 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: orange, light brownish 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bones, pottery, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: flat, sloping S, distinctive 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17670, 17685 below: (Click to view the record) 17661 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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: 7 (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) 2882 (foundation)

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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