Unit 4227

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: mortar 

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

Discussion: Dry Sieve Information: Unknown if any dry sieve 

Recognition: clear yellow bands of mortar between grey brown bricks 

Definition: a/a 

Execution: trowel, from edges, layer by layer 

Condition: mostly dry + eroded through exposure since '65, at time of sampling damp from overnight rain 

Consistency: moderately compact 

Colour: mid yellow brown 

Texture: fine sand, clay + silt (10:20:70) 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: <1% flecks + small frags charcoal; 2% flecks + small frags yellow orange clay particles; 1% white stone or salt (rounded) flecks + small frags; <1% shell; 1% plant voids 

Post-depositional Features: heavily disturbed by root + animal activity 

Basal Boundary: clear, sharp, constructional, slightly uneven following underlying contour of bricks; in places thickes, poss to level + also traces of plant scatter at interfaces of brick + mortar 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): equal to: (Click to view the record) 4226 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

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:

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

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