Unit 31406
Category: Layer dug in 2015
Area: North
Interpretive Categories: Foundation bricks
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: brick; Deposition: homogeneous
Discussion: Considered foundation bricks because of the homogenousity the whole length of the wall, where the previous bricks had been obviously re-used and gave a more heterogenous impression. The bricks of this unit all had imprints of straw, which probably is from drying the mudbricks. The bricks must have been wet for the softer straws to make any form of impression, and the most likely time for a mudbrick to be wet is when it is drying. The straws might have been put on the ground to elevate the bricks, creating some airflow underneath, etc.
The fact that the imprints are continous on all of the bottom bricks is significant, and something to look for when excavating bonded walls F2139, F2012, F2141 and F2008.
Excavated with mattock and trowel.
Consistency: Firm
Colour: Yellow, orange and grey
Texture: Sandy silty clay
Bedding: Massive
Inclusions: Grass temper, charcoal
Post-depositional Features: Bioturbation
Basal Boundary: Constructional, smooth, even, flat
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Total Deposit Volume: 195
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3
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 Ceramics Data for 2015 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No 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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