Unit 20499

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: false brick bottom 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: feature

Discussion: This false brick bottom came below about 0.5 m of fill placed above it (U. 20480). The bricks consisted of somewhere between 2 and 3 courses of gray brick that crumbled very easily upon excavation. There did not appear to be any mortar. The center of the brick layer had collapsed inward, probably due to the decomposition of the coffin containing the skeleton (Sk. 19569) in the fill (U. 19568) below it. One possible explanation for the false brick bottom is to protect the skeleton and the burial goods from easy access by looters. This makes sense in light of the finding of burial goods that included fine glass vessels, ceramic vessels and several fine pieces of carved bone (perhaps ivory). 

Recognition: Hard grey brick that was surrounded by soft brown soil 

Definition: Within burial cut. Bricks fairly well defined. 

Execution: trowel, brush 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: friable and crumbly 

Colour: light grey to brownish grey 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive (essentially 2-3 courses of square brick) 

Inclusions: small bone bits, charcoal, clay pieces 

Post-depositional Features: roots, animal activity (minimal) 

Basal Boundary: sharp, wavy, anthropic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 19568 below: (Click to view the record) 20480 

Dry sieve volume: 80 

Total Deposit Volume: 110 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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