Unit 19553

Category: Layer    dug in 2011

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: mortar of east wall sp.336 

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

Dimensions: height: 3.1m 

Description: mortar within the eastern wall of B.77 

Discussion: Mortar (U.19553) was associated with bricks U.19552 and they altogether constituted the eastern wall (F.3094) of B.77. It was possible to record 11-12 layers of the mortar within the mentioned wall. Worth noticing is the fact that the prepared paste comprised of the pure clay without the temper or any inclusions. The latter caused eventually appearance of relatively wide vertical cracks that emerged as a result of conflagration that occured within the interior of the B.77. Hence, in the upper part of the wall which effected the most high temperature, the mortar was compact and baked - like pottery. Described material used to join the bricks varied in their thickness reaching in average 5-8cm. Within the whole structure of the wall there was one irregularity recorded that was located in the southern part of the feature. The latter disorder had been expressed by concave lines of mortar in mentioned segment. 

Recognition: color,texture 

Definition: well defined 

Execution: leaf trowel 

Condition: cool, under shelter 

Consistency: compact, firm 

Colour: multicoloured: light-grey, mid-orange, mid-yellow 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: - 

Post-depositional Features: traces of burning 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21615, 21616 below:none equal to: (Click to view the record) 19552 

Total Deposit Volume: 1382 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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