Unit 8653

Category: layer    dug in 2003

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: wall (bricks and mortar) 

Data Category Information: none

Dimensions: E-W - 2.50 m; N-S - 0,40 m 

Discussion: This unit represents the south wall of sp. 89 (F. 761). The wall is slanting from west to east. It lies on deposit of the fill (see u. 8606). The wall consists of 11 rows of bricks and mortar. The bricks are made of sandy clay, light brown in colour, but there are 4 bricks, which are reddish-brown and made of silty clay.They are located in the upper rows. There are inclusions of red pigment (?) in the light brown bricks of sandy clay (given to the conservators with the xyz coordinates).
The mortar is grayish-brown in colour with inclusions of plaster pieces at some spots. It is loose, 6 cm high.
Dimensions of bricks - 80 x 32 x 8 cm.
The bricks of the S wall (F. 761) interlock with the bricks of the E wall (F. 1016) that means they were built at the same time.
While removing the S wall we encountered the plaster inbetween the double wall - F. 761 and F. 1021. It was probably applied at wall F. 1021 but this is still not precisely defined. There is also a spot on the W wall of sp. 89 with remains of plaster (see sketch). 

Recognition: texture, colour, architecture 

Definition: clear (wall) 

Execution: trowel, leaf trowel, mattock 

Condition: dry to moist 

Consistency: firm to loose 

Colour: light brown, reddish-brown, grayish-brown 

Texture: clay, silty clay, sandy clay 

Bedding: layered - rows of bricks and mortar 

Inclusions: animal bones, charcoal, pieces of plaster, pigment (?) 

Post-depositional Features: animal holes, roots 

Basal Boundary: flat, constructional 

Dry sieve volume: 860 

Total Deposit Volume: 918 

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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