Unit 12874

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: platform/bench make up 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature; Description: raised area (platform); Material: brick; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: up to 21cm thick 

Discussion: construction make up for platform bench f. 2057/2058. A sandıer slightly lighter brown mudbrick had been used to retain the make up material along the southern edge of the deposit (mudbrick measured 0.78m x 0.20m x 0.15m)


Volume and dimensions roughly calculated. EGW 23 July 2009 

Recognition: colour 

Definition: good 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: mid orange brown 

Texture: sandy silt clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional pot, bone, obsidian and charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: clear distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 12882 below: (Click to view the record) 12822, 12862 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 617 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

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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