Unit 4234

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: brick and mortar 

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

Dimensions: 2m 30 by 30cm by 70/80cm 

Discussion: 450 litres were unsieved as the wall was fairly sterile Dry Sieve Information: Also 450L hand picked 

Recognition: brick and mortar in wall 400 

Definition: north edge of waal defined by wall 78, east edge - space 159, south edge cut by Mellaart, west edge - infill 4201 and wall 414 

Execution: trowel, pick 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: brick very firm, mortar is firm but friable where dry 

Colour: brick is light brown and mortar is white to mid light grey, swirly and marbled 

Texture: brick:sandy clay silt, mortar: silt with a bit of clay, very dense, plaster like texture 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: brick:none, plaster: very few,some shell, fragments of bone, human tooth, less 2% charcoal 

Post-depositional Features: ant holes 

Basal Boundary: of wall:abrupt, prominent contrast, smooth, curved convex, slope down to the south 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4396 below: (Click to view the record) 4233 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4231, 4232, 4267 

Dry sieve volume: 315 

Total Deposit Volume: 315 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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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