Unit 17653

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: 3.29 x 0.34 x 0.55 

 

Discussion: This is a one brick wide wall oriented W-E and placed directly under younger wall (15819). Its western border is defined arbitrarly in a place where it join with perpendicular but contemporary wall 17628, The latter is recognized as a partition wall between space 326 and 325 of B 74. The eastern border of that unit is set by the N-S wall 15856 but those two constructiondo not have anycommon elements. The wall 17653 seems to be just built against the wall 15856. The eastern part of this wall abutes the southern wall of space 327 (burial chamber). And is probably later than the latter wall. In this part this wall is relatively well preserved. In other parts, especially southern face of the wall, it is badly destroyed in particular by deliberate truncation following by weather condition and animal actions. Consequently, exact dimensions of the bricks can't be provided. It is even more difficult as they differ not only in size but also in material they are made of. Seems that some of them may have been originally a part of a different building structures such as other walls, platforms etc. 

 

Recognition: colour, consistency 

Definition: wall oriented W-E 

Execution: trowel, mattock 

Condition: dry, hot 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: light orange, light gray, browish 

Texture: silty clay, silty clay loam 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: animal bones, obsidian, pottery, shell, phytoliths 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17667 below: (Click to view the record) 15819 equal to: (Click to view the record) 17638, 17642, 17628 

 

Dry sieve volume: 440 

Total Deposit Volume: 465 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 6

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: 2 (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) 2864 (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: Yes Count of records:: 1

Figurine Records: No

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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