Unit 18523

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Burnt collapse 

Data Category Information: In Situ: non in-situ; Location: building; Material: brick&mortar

Dimensions: 5.60m x 3.60m 0.10-0.20m (Thick) 

Discussion: Burnt collapse of building material. Extensive brick and plaster collapse along west side of building. Possible moulding that 'may' represent junction of walls and ceiling. Attached to at least 4 bricks - ie the wall would therefore be atleast 4 courses higher than currently standing.

Many of the bricks in this deposit were large in size and match the ones in the surviving northern and western walls. 

Recognition: Friable texture defined by walls N-W extends beyond limit of excavation to S+E 

Definition: Clear 

Execution: Trowel and Mattock 

Condition: Hot and dusty 

Consistency: well fired (burnt) brick and soft friable brick crush 

Colour: Red-red brown 

Texture: mubbrick and plaster collapse 

Bedding: composite 

Inclusions: occational stone clay ball bone shell and obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: occational animal burrow 

Basal Boundary: Sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 18527 equal to: (Click to view the record) 18534 

Dry sieve volume: 915 

Total Deposit Volume: 939 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 1

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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