Unit 20717
Category: Layer dug in 2016
Area: TPC
Interpretive Categories: mortar of the Neolithic wall
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous
Discussion: This unit is consisted of a few layers of mortar put in beetwen the courses of mudbricks of the Neolithic wall (F.3851) located in SE corner of Trench 4. It has been established that this wall was contemporaneous with the adjacent wall constructions - F.3850 & 3852 and represents the reconstruction of the space of earlier of B.150 defined as B.152. All these walls were erected on top of the flooring layers of the latest reconstruction of B.150 (Space 594). They were built as a single constructional event as indicated by a similar shape and size of bricks and its permanent binding. It is worth noting that this wall was placed in an empty space following a deliberate removal of the section of E wall of B.150. This wall is basically sitting on the original basal part of this wall of B.150. There are some indications that some of the older bricks may have been reused in the process of constructing this new wall. On the east side, the mudbricks of this wall were abutting the other wall construction which extends beyond the limit of excavations (no unit/feature number yet), most likely the W wall of yet another building directly west of B.150. The last layer of this unit was sitting directly on the surface of earlier platform from Space 594.
Consistency: Firm
Colour: Dark brown
Texture: Silty-clay
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Calcium spots, small charcoal bits
Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows
Basal Boundary: Clear, constructional, prominent contrast, smooth surface
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 67
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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 ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2016 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 recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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