Unit 8644

Category: layer    dug in 2003

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: mortar 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: Two bottom layers of mortar - taken as a separate unit - runs around all the four walls of our beautiful house.
Lots of charcoal in the mortar as if it had been mixed with midden material whereas the mortar layer at the very bottom - just abobe the course of bricks - is darker in colour and likely consisting entirely of midden deposits. 

Recognition: colour, texture, inclusions 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel, mattock 

Condition: slightly moist, greasy; nice 

Consistency: firm to friable 

Colour: gray/brown 

Texture: greasy, silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: abundance of charcoal, phytoliths, salts 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 8636, 8637 

Dry sieve volume: 80 

Total Deposit Volume: 105 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

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:

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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