Unit 13459

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: brick core of platform 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: brick; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: Mud brick core of platform 2212 in South East corner of building 60 space 278. Built above compacted mudbrick back fill (13115) B59?

Plaster wall continues behind platform, platform core was built after wall was plastered. 

Recognition: mud brick platform in South Eastern corner was covered in plaster 

Definition: good 

Execution: mattock and trowel excavated 

Condition: hot and humid 

Consistency: frim (crumbley) 

Colour: mid brown 

Texture: mud brick (clay rich) 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occassional stone, animal bone, obsidian flake, black clay 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: good - onto compact mud brick. Back fill of lower building 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 13477, 13478 below: (Click to view the record) 13114 

Dry sieve volume: 30 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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