Unit 18360

Category: Layer    dug in 2013

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: mortar,mortar between mudbricks (5/8/13) 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: NS 500cm, EW 43cm, Depth 92cm 

Discussion: This unit represents the mortar layers between the mudbrick courses of the western wall of B.107 (F.3344). The mortar is very firm and of clayey consistency and has a tendency to fracture rather than crumble. There are a few inclusions within the mortar but they include obsidian, bone, pottery, and small bones.

5.8.13: The mortar U. 18360 can be seen in the stratigraphy of wall F. 3344. U. 18330 is layered between the mudbrick U. 18359. It differs from the mudbricks because the layers are very crumbly and have a different color, inclusions and thickness. In order to make the mudbrick wall F. 3344 stick together, the mortar was put in between the mudbrick U. 18359.

The unit was excavated in 10 cm spits. The mortar changed a lot sınce its constructıon through compressıon, weathering and post excavation exposure to the sun and wind, especially compared to the mudbrick U. 18359. The mortar U. 18360 can be found in small patches within the layers of mudbrick U. 18359. It seems to closely fill bioturbation holes within the layers of mudbrick U. 18359. Sometimes found only in small amounts between the layers of mudbrick. Sometimes, we can't see it at all as if mudbricks were put on top of each other without mortar. 

Recognition: change in color and consistency from surrounding mudbrick 

Definition: clear 

Execution: big pick, small pick, trowel, brush, dustpan 

Condition: pleasant, under shelter 

Consistency: very firm clayey material / loose and fragile with compact clumps of clay (5.8.13) 

Colour: mostly dark brown with some red and orange spots / dark brown sediment with dark brown clumps (sometimes reddish inside) (5.8.13) 

Texture: clayey / silt and clay clumps (5.8.13) 

Bedding: massive / mortar layered between mudbricks U. 18359 (5.8.13) 

Inclusions: obsidian, bones, pottery, stone / reddish and brown clay inclusions, some pottery, animal bones and obsidian, very little white plaster inclusions (5.8.13) 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows, plant roots / none, but fills one animal burrow in mudbrick U. 18359 (5.8.13) 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary, base of wall not excavated / sharp/rectangular (5.8.13) 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): equal to: (Click to view the record) 18359, 18361 

Dry sieve volume: 300 

Total Deposit Volume: 303 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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