Unit 13797

Category: Layer    dug in 2006

 

Area: Trench 5 

 

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Interpretive Categories: mudbrick construction 

 

Data Category Information: none

 

Dimensions: NS: 400 cm; EW: 85 cm; Depth: 10 cm 

 

Description: S.I., mudbrick underneath and above 13735 

 

Discussion: ***Excavated 26/07/12 by KTX

This unit comprises the mudbrick material of wall f. 2427. This particular type of brick is dark-brown/gray in color and on of several other building materials. The bricks, which are roughly 30 cm in width and vary in length (there is by no means a "standard size!"), were placed in two rows. The length can be up to 50 cm, making it hard to believe they were carried there, but were most likely formed in their final position. Only two layers of brick remained on this wall, of which the top layer was deterioraed to half its size. In the row toward the inside of the sp.310, three layers existed in some parts. This was due to the slope of the basal boundry, which needed to be compensated in order to build a straight wall. The wall material was artificially cut before the corner in order to not mix material from different brick types. 

 

Recognition: Difference in color and consistency to surrounding mortar (u. 13755) 

Definition: Mostly clear (bricks), some areas unclear due to disturbances (burrows) 

Execution: Small pick, trowel, shovel 

Condition: Hot, under shelter 

Consistency: Compact clayish material, some crumbly spots 

Colour: brown-gray, black, dark brown, yelloy, white 

Texture: Silty sand, few clay spots 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: pottery, animal bone, stone, obsidian, charcoal, shell, straw (?) 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows, roots 

Basal Boundary: Irregular, arch-shaped, sloping inward 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 13755, 16999 below: (Click to view the record) 16991 

 

Dry sieve volume: 614 

Total Deposit Volume: 645 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 8

Number of Related Diary Entries: 4

 

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 7 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 106

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 310

Features:: (Click to view the record) 2427 (wall)

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 contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramics Data for 2006 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: Yes Count of records::none

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 records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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