Unit 15890

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: mortar 

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

Dimensions: 6.30 x 0.74 x 0,04 

Discussion: This mortar was used for joining bricks of wall 15889 placed in W part of the trench (see also description of 15889). The mortar was set between bricks mainly vertically except for the southern part due to one course of bricks of wall recorded as 17635. 

Recognition: colour, consistency 

Definition: mortar of wall 15889 

Execution: shovel 

Condition: dry, hot 

Consistency: friable 

Colour: mid gray 

Texture: silty sand 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: shell, pottery, bones, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features:  

Basal Boundary: distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17635 below: (Click to view the record) 15889 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 1

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

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:

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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