Unit 1631

Category: layer    dug in 1996

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: bricks 

Data Category Information: Description: cleaning

Discussion: Eroded south wall in space 106. No courses visible in section but excavation suggested brick courses are 7+ cm thick, mortar 2cm thick. The eroded nature of the wall meant there was collapse on the south face during excavation- his material my not be the same context but was collected with this unit.

Nb/
this has no value as a deposit, it should be treated as a cleaning layer and therefore mixed, (sf) 

Execution: Pick and trowel 

Condition: sunny 

Consistency: Firm/ hard 

Colour: Brick: 10YR 5/3 brown, mortar: 10YR 5/2 greyish brown 

Texture: Brick:silty clay loam, Mortar: clay loam 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Brick: occasional (<1%) small fragments of charcoal, plaster and mortar; 2% small fragments of white plaster 

Post-depositional Features: Abundant mole holes 

Basal Boundary:  

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 1523 below: (Click to view the record) 1507, 1646 

Dry sieve volume: 55 

Total Deposit Volume: 56 

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

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