Unit 3357

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: mortar 

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

Dimensions: 0.36 x 0.35 x 

Recognition: Slightly darker with a more clayey consistency. 

Definition: Defined by cracking and salt encrustation. 

Execution: Trowel and pick. 

Condition: Dry and crumbly. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: 10 YR 6/3 pale brown 

Texture: clayey, sandy silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: 5% chacoal (flecks and small pieces), 5% clay (flecks and small pieces), occasional bones, 2% plaster (flecks and occasional large chunks), occasional hackberry 

Post-depositional Features: salt encrustation and animal burrowing 

Basal Boundary: sharp/clear/constructional basal boundary; with a smooth level surface between it and the back (3346) of F.281 defined by salt encrustation 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 3333 equal to: (Click to view the record) (1619)? (1619)?, 3346 (1619)? 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII, VIII 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

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

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