Unit 4954

Category: layer    dug in 1999

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: Mud brick 

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

Dimensions: 35 x 10 x 10 

Discussion: This is the mud bricks of the F 535 which is identified as a partition wall. The biggest and the smallest size of bricks are as follows:
big: 36 x 10 x 10
small: 24 x 10 x 10

The bricks are placed and found as one course and one row which run north-south direction. 

Recognition: By shape, colour and eye 

Definition: Colour and shape 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry and hard 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Dark clay 

Texture: Clay to silty clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Small stones (<3mm, <5%) calcerous particles (<2mm, <2%) 

Post-depositional Features: None 

Basal Boundary: Anthro-sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4961 below: (Click to view the record) 4955 

Dry sieve volume: 35 

Total Deposit Volume: 42 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): X 

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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