Unit 31561

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: mortar of wall 

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

Discussion: - The mid-orange-brownish paste of the pure clay U.31561 recorded as the mortar within the E-wall F.7736 joined the respective courses of bricks U.31560. There had been recorded only 5 layers of the mortar within the highest part of the structure. The thickness of the layers varied depending on the need to maintain the horizontal line of the courses of bricks. As such the thickness of the layers oscillated between 4cm and 7cm.
The excavation of the wall F.7736 had been conducted in its Northern and Central portion. There had been decision made not to excavate the most southern part of the structure in order to protect the earlier S-wall F.3679 and prevent its falling down. The latter strategy of leaving the small part of the Wall 7736 in the SE corner of B.132 was based on the height off the wall which started cracking.
Apart from the routinely collected samples the dry-sieved volume of the sediment was combined together from the mortar as well as from the bricks and its total amount was 675 L. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: mid-orange-brownish 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions:  

Post-depositional Features: truncation caused by post retriewal pits 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32761 below: (Click to view the record) 21670 equal to: (Click to view the record) 31560 

Total Deposit Volume: 5 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

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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