Unit 6857

Category: layer    dug in 2001

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: wall; row of mudbricks 

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

Dimensions: 2,20 x 0,32 x 0,22 

Discussion: Row of 11 bricks situated diagonally on the SN axis. The bricks are located in a straight row. They are up on a compact silty surface, in 2 places on 2 horizontal bricks. No traces of mortar have been found. 4 bricks are preserved intact, others destroyed to a different degree. Dimensions of the bricks: 27 -34 cm, 10 cm high. They might have been a pillar / stella that collapsed. It is similar to units: 6858, 6868, 6908. This can be treated as a marker of a grave - feature 928. 

Recognition: row of bricks put diagonally 

Definition: as above 

Execution: shovel, trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: strong, compact 

Colour: mid brown / mid grey / beige 

Texture: silt, 

Bedding: - 

Inclusions: artefactual 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: on the surface of layer of compact silt 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 6922 below: (Click to view the record) 6797 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5

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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