Unit 23154

Category: Layer    dug in 2017

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: Foundation bricks 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: brick; Deposition: heterogeneous

Description: Foundation bricks for the eastern wall of B-131 (F7712) 

Discussion: This unit correspond to the foundation bricks for the construction of the eastern wall of the B-131. This unit was defined after remove the upper part of the wall and where only visible in the southern part of the wall. The bricks were light orange and had a different and irregular sizes (0.30 x 28x 0.10; 0.34x0.23x 0.08). In the very southern part were visible at least two different courses of bricks one placed on top of the other. From here and in direction to north there were only one course of bricks, also very irregular that where sloping a bit in direction to north (As is visible in the sequence of elevations that show the slope from the south to the north of each brick 1011.74; 1011.62; 1011. 52; 1011, 54; 1011.51). This foundation bricks were filling within the U32140 the foundation trench U23143 for the eastern wall of B-131.
Probably because the building in that part was built directly on the midden is why they need a bit more consistent foundation to try to give stability to the wall. We cannot explain why there is more bricks in the southern of the wall, where the midden is higher, than in the northern where the midden is sloping towards north. 

Consistency: Compact 

Colour: Orange 

Texture: Clay.silt 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Naturals very small stones 

Post-depositional Features: salts 

Basal Boundary: constructional, very sharch, prominent, smooth 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 32140 below: (Click to view the record) 2263, 32138 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Total Deposit Volume: 48 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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