Unit 3333

Category: layer    dug in 1998

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Mortar 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: mortar; Deposition: homogeneous

Dimensions: 0.99 x 0.32 x 0.191 m 

Discussion: 3333 represents the mortar of wall 278. It was very similar to the brick material 3172 of the same wall, but had a charcoal content. It was clearly different from the 'infill' material which separated 278 from the walls around it. 

Recognition: A softer, ashier material than that of wall 58 to the West and distinctly different to that of the brick of wall 278. 

Definition: Defined by the difference of material. 

Execution: Trowel and pick. 

Condition: Dry at the top. moist further down. 

Consistency: Firm. 

Colour: 10YR 6/3 Pale brown. 

Texture: Clayey sandy silt loam. 

Bedding: Massive. 

Inclusions: 8% charcoal (flecks and small pieces); 5% clay (flecks and small pieces); <2% plaster flecks. 

Post-depositional Features: Salt encrustation and animal burrowing. 

Basal Boundary: A sharp, clear constructional basal boundary. Where the wall had dived out, the mortar 3333 was closely bonded to the bricks of wall 278, further down it was distinguished more clearly by salt encrustation where the material was damper. The surface between these was smooth and level. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above:3318. 3346below: (Click to view the record) 3345, 3349, 3348 equal to: (Click to view the record) 3172, 3337 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 60 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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