| | Area: North | | | | Dug in Year: 2003 | | Feature Type: west wall of sp. 89 | | | | Location: west end of space 89 | | | | Grid X: 1054.61 Grid Y: 1182.22 | | | when the east face of the west wall of space 89 was exposed (by scraping) it was realise that this construction between spaces 88 and 89 has at least two building phases - one which comprises light brown to beige bricks, and mortar almost similar in colour, but midden-like (grey in the south part); it's the later wall actually belonging to space 89. The other phase of the wall, earlier one, consists of orangish/red bricks, and extremely strong, lumpy mortar of a yellowish/white colour. Once the east wall of space 88 and packing/fill inbetween this and west wall of space 89 were removed, it was definitely clear that feature 1017 should be assigned only to upper, later part of this wall. That part consists of 5 rows of bricks, made of silty sandy clay, same as bricks of the later walls of bldg. 3 and space 89. Mortar is made of midden-like material with bits of charred wood, animal bones, obsidian chips included; it's sticky and firm, especially in the south end where the soil is always wet.
Rows of bricks and mortar are sloping southwards and layers of mortar are thicker in the south. In the northern portion of the west face of this wall a patch of white plaster was attached to this wall.
Average dimensions of bricks are: 0.85x0.35x0.07 m.
Mortar: 2.16x0.35x0.03-0.05 m.
Munsell chart for bricks: 7.5 YR 7/3, 10 YR 8/3; mortar 10 YR 7/2, 10 YR 6/2.
F. 1017 is most probably built at the same time as F. 761 (south wall of space 89) since, during excavation of this wall, it was discovered that the bricks of the two are interlocked. F. 761 is contemporary to F. 1016 (east wall of space 89) and hence these three walls make one unique structure.
PHOTO: 20030709_BACH_017/027
note on: new addings to the plan. | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: Yes | | | | Feature Relationships: | | abuts: (Click to view the record) 163 | | bonded with: (Click to view the record) 761, 1026 | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 | | Conservation Recorded: No | Buildings:
none | Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 6 (Click here to view unit list) |
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