Unit 16841

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: later fill,Mortar 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ

Dimensions: NS: 500 cm; EW: 41 cm; Depth: 52 cm 

Discussion: Mortar 16841 is a part of feature 5050. It follows through the grave cut (F.2416) and joins to F.2425. Therefore it is highly probably that mortar 16841 is the same as mortar 16843.

***This unit was excavated on 22/08/12 by DLG
This unit represents the mudbrick layers of the eastern wall of b.107 (f.2425/5050). The bricks are light gray in color with tiny bits of charcoal and lime inclusions as well as small fragments of pottery, bone, stone, obsidian and shell. They are firm and compact but do not seem to be of a uniform size and sometimes the size of the brick can be adapted to spatial needs. This is difficult to determine precisely as the wall is heavily disturbed by animal-burrows - especially at the corners where excavation took place.

TET 28/08/13:
This unit stands for the mortar layers of feature 2426. Only the flotation samples, archive samples and architecture samples are listed in this sheet. Other finds from this unit, as well as the volume of removed soil is listed under the mudbrick unit 16842. See also 16845 and 16846. For the understanding of this project it is also important to look at 31178. 

Recognition: lines between rows of mudbrick 16842; change in color and consistency from surrounding areas, and wall, and mortar 

Definition: clear 

Execution: small pick, trowel, brush, clustpan, fingers 

Condition: pleasant, under shelter 

Consistency: friable; compact, silty sand material / loose 

Colour: dark grey; light gray / greyish-brown 

Texture: clay; silty sand / clay (silty) 

Bedding: massive / massive 

Inclusions: bones (see photo 12.8.08); pottery, animal bone, stone, obsidian, charcoal, lime / burned mudbrick, charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows, plant roots 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary, base of wall not excavated / arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 16800 equal to:16843 16842

Dry sieve volume: 264 

Total Deposit Volume: 307 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 15

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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