Unit 17638

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

 

Area: TP 

 

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Interpretive Categories: wall 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 2.25 x 0.34 x 0.47 

 

Discussion: This is the northern wall of s. 430 of B 74. It is placed directly underneath northern wall of s. 323 of B 72. This wall comprises an element of larger structure consisting of N wall of neighbouring space 326 as well as a partition wall between spaces 325 and 326. The walls were built in the same time. In its northern part the wall was built on a midden layer covering the floor of older building 81. Was made of two different kinds of bricks- orange and brownish gray as well as c. 4 cm thick mortar. The latter was not recorded separately. Unexpeclty a large number of x-finds was recorded in the wall (including obsidian arrowhead). 

 

Recognition: colour, consistency 

Definition: northern wall of space 325 of B 74 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, dry 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: brownish gray, orange 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bones, charcoal, phytoliths 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 15261 

 

Dry sieve volume: 312 

Total Deposit Volume: 337 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 13

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 6 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 74

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 430

Features:: (Click to view the record) 2886 (wall)

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.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2008 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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