Unit 1555

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: bricks in step 

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

Dimensions: 0.36 x 1.1m x (0.02 - 0.1m) 

Discussion: Mudbrick from within the plastered step in the gap 96/51 joining spaces 107 and 108. This appeared to have been placed in as a block, cut into the "midden" to provide a more solid surface for the step, as it came out leaving a sharp edge in the underlying material on its Eastern and lower surfaces. (ajc)
Incomplete excavation to section edge. According to section this brick is integral with wall 96/57, continuing beyond the 'gap' for 15 cm. I wasn't present during removal, but have sketched in notebook (nsh) 

Execution: trowel and pick 

Condition: hot and sunny 

Consistency: very firm 

Colour: 2.5Y 4/3 

Texture: silty clay loam 

Bedding: Brick within step between spaces 107 /108 Beddig: Massive 

Inclusions: Charcoal (<2mm) 2% , plaster <2mm) 2% 

Post-depositional Features: salt encrustation 

Basal Boundary: sharp athropic boundary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1602 below: (Click to view the record) 1553 equal to: (Click to view the record) 1518 

Dry sieve volume: 14 

Total Deposit Volume: 48 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

<< BackDownload this Units Data