Unit 2572
Category: layer dug in 1998
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Mortar
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: mortar; Deposition: homogeneous
Dimensions: 4.9 m N-S / 0.33 m W-E / 0.2 m thick
Discussion: Mortar which goes with bricks 2071 in wall F2.
Recognition: Wall
Definition: Edges of wall
Execution: Trowel and hand mattock
Condition: Fine
Consistency: Hard
Colour: Dark greyish brown
Texture: Sandy silt clay
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Few charcoal, moderate salt
Post-depositional Features: Roots
Basal Boundary: Clear, regular. Slipping inward to middle from N to S.
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 0
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 5
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramic Records: No Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 68
Unit description: The only dry sieved material is three sheep-size long bone fragments. Sample 2 4 mm flotation 100% sorted, fully recorded. Fair amount of residue, much more than 2568, 2569, or 2571. Mostly sheep-size scrap, with some digested sheep/goat and smaller phalanges and a little large mammal and hare-size scrap, also a bit of reptile, probably snake. Not very weathered or rolled in general, but weathering somewhat variable. Fair amount of burning (low and high temperature), some digestion. Range of fragment sizes up to about 5 cm. Last number = 68Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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