Unit 20545

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: foundation layer 

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

Dimensions: 3,90 x 1,80 x 0,35- 0,40 m 

Description: crushed bricks 85%, 

Discussion: Foundation layer 20545 was not fully excavated due to arbitrary Eastern limit of the section set up along the Grid line (E-915). The deposit appears to cover whole space 492/470, and comprise of thick (40cm) intentional accumulation of building material, mainly consisted of mid/dark-bricks, mortar and occasional fragments of plaster. The foundation layer probably was dumped deliberately in order to stabilize the ground just before erection of the northern wall F.7052 of space 470, due to unworkable making foundation cut within existing already structure (sp. 492). 

Recognition: during post- excavation study of semi- section stratigraphy 

Definition: clear 

Execution: mattock 

Condition: dry, very hot 

Consistency: strong 

Colour: dark- orange, mid- orange 

Texture: silty- clay, clay 

Bedding: compound, layered 

Inclusions: mortar, plaster, bones, obsidian, shell 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 20524 below: (Click to view the record) 20206 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 2395 

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VIII 

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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