Unit 12230
Category: Layer dug in 2008
Area: TP
Interpretive Categories: mudbricks
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: brick
Dimensions: 8.00 x 0.85 x 0.20
Discussion: It is a mudbrick wall oriented N-S in Western part of the trench. Stratigraphically, the unit was placed directly undernetah the second brick course of the wall 11583 and it laid on top of the wall 15889. The wall 12230 comprised two courses of bricks, however, the alignments of the bricks were completely different in each of the two courses. In the upper course, the bricks were oriented W-E, the second course was made of two rows of bricks, oriented N-S. Such an alignment of the bricks makes it a massive construction. Worth noticing is that there was no archaeological material except for a few fr of bones in the bricks. This ma imply the mud/ clay used for the bricks manufacture was initiall cleaned. The latter remains in a firm contact to the two younger wall (11583). Stratigraphic relations and shift (10-15 cm) between the eastern face of the units 12230 and 15889 indicate that they were not part of the same construction. Hence, the must be treated as two walls raised one on top of another in different phases of the mound occupation. Size of bricks in the courses are as follows (from the North):
1st course:
1. 0.36 x 0.27 x 0.08
2. 0.42 x 0.44 x 0.09
3. 0.43 x 0.40 x 0.09
4. 0.45 x 0.40 x 0.10
5. 0.42 x 0.40 x 0.08
6.0.21 x 0.17 x 0.08
7. 0.40 x 0.82 x 0.07
8. 0.42 x 0.40 x 0.08
9. 0.41 x 0.78 x 0.09
10. 0.41 x 0.86 x 0.08
11. 0.42 x 0.90 x 0.09
12. 0.41 x 0.82 x 0.08
13. 0.41 x 0.76 x 0.10
14. 0.41 x 0.47 x 0.07
15. 0.41 x 0.38 x 0.07
16. 0.42 x 0.57 x 0.09
17. 0.41 x 0.77 x 0.09
18. 0.36 x 0.76 x 0.10
2 nd course:
W row:
1. 0.74 x 0.42 x 0.08
2. 0.74 x 0.42 x 0.08
3. 0.74 x 0.42 x 0.08
4. 0.74 x 0.43 x 0.08
5. 0.73 x 0.43 x 0.10
6. 0.75 x 0.45 x 0.09
7. 0.72 x 0.43 x 0.09
8. 0.72 x 0.42 x 0.09
9. 0.83 x 0.41 x 0.09
E row:
1. 0.68 x 0.36 x 0.08
2. 0.85 x 0.40 x 0.09
3. 0.83 x 0.42 x 0.08
4. 0.72 x 0.42 x 0.08
5. 0.75 x 0.43 x 0.08
6. 0.82 x 0.42 x 009
Recognition: shape, consistency
Definition: wall oriented N-s in w part of the trench
Execution: trowel, shovel
Condition: hot, dry
Consistency: firm
Colour: brown
Texture: clay
Bedding: layered
Inclusions: obsidian, bones, pottery
Post-depositional Features: -
Basal Boundary: distinct
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
Dry sieve volume: 0
Total Deposit Volume: 1360
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 4
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present
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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
Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No Ceramics Data for 2008 still to be released Clay Object Records: No Chipped Stone Records: No Conservation Recorded: No Faunal Records: No Figurine Records: No GroundStone Records: No Heavy Residue Records: No Microfaunal Records: No
Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna recordsPhytolith Sample: No
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