Unit 31541

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: brick of wall 

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

Discussion: different kinds of mud-bricks U.31541 joint by mortar U.31542 constituted a structure built as a latter addition on top of the badly truncated walls of B.132 (F.7584 and 7149). The presented construction might be regarded as retention wall that was erected after the abandonment of the mentioned building in order to create solid restriction providing the accumulation of the midden (U.32711) to the north. However, more likely (considering the L-shaped alignment of the wall which formed a real corner) it might have been set to restrict accumulation of the sediments constituting room-fills within the interior of the abandoned house. The sealed area was eventually used as burial ground assigned as Sp.602.
As regards to the bricks U.31541 they were represented by reused building material. Their majority contained of light-brownish-orange bricks amongst whom there were also placed dark-grey components with adjacent plaster. There were 3 courses of the bricks recorded in the element of EW alignment. The second element oriented NS, which was bonded with the previously presented, contained only of 2 courses of bricks. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: light-brownish - orange, mid-grey 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: chaff - 20% 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32712 below: (Click to view the record) 21692, 21684, 21686 equal to: (Click to view the record) 31442 

Total Deposit Volume: 263 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): XI, XII 

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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