Unit 30126
Category: Layer dug in 2013
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: mortar
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous
Discussion: Mortar used to join bricks within the wall F.3646 varied in its thickness from 3-5cm depending on desire of builders who tried to keep horizontal line of the particular courses. Additional distinctiveness was recorded in the number of finds uncovered within the mortar. The latter can be explained by the common practice of using midden deposit as a temper within the paste.
2014 Excavation Season:
The execution of the southern wall of Sp.488 (F.3646) allowed to analyze the western part of the mentioned feature (due to its partial excavation, carried out in 2013). In the course of the research activities in 2014 there were 7 courses of mortar (U.30126) uncovered within the wall. The mud-brick structure showed the evidence of the re-used bricks exploitation during construction phase. The latter influenced significantly on the width and thickness of the mortar that joined the bricks (U.30125) within the Feature. The thickness varied between 3cm to 12cm.
Among the significant finds recorded within the Unit(30126) one may mention offering deposit (X1) comprised of huge equid pelvis and radius, placed within the second (counting from the bottom) layer of mortar. The uncovered piece of eco-fact most plausibly must be regarded in a term of special-kind deposit, that had been offered during the construction phase of the wall (F.3646).
Undertaken research brought supplementary amount of the deposit (116 liters), that has been added to the previous achieved volume from 2013.
Further excavation in 2015 by A. Klimowicz:
- In 2015, the excavation of the mortar U.30126 had been continued. It was possible to record additional 3 layers of the paste that joint the bricks (u30125) within the retaining wall [F3646]. They were evidenced in the most upper S-W part of the previously recognized wall alignment.
Worth noticing is that the orientation of the bricks and mortar within mentioned part were different than in the Eastern and lower parts of the feature [F3646], where the building material was set parallel, next to the northern face of the wall F3679 to retain it. In contrary to the latter, within SW segment the layers of mortar (u30126) were laid down to bond and overlap the construction of F.3646 with the older structure [F.3679].
In the course of the excavation the volume of executed deposit increased (plus unsieved 20 L) up to total amount of 247,4 L.
Consistency: firm/friable
Colour: light-grey
Texture: sandy-silt
Bedding: layered
Inclusions: charcoal, salt, stones
Post-depositional Features: -
Basal Boundary: distinct
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 244
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII
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 Ceramics Data for 2013 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: Yes
Count of records:: 3 Figurine 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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