Unit 16421

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: collapsed wall brick 

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

Discussion: Wall collapse, 2m section (16 courses). The wall appears to have collapsed from the internal partition seperating spaces 336 and 337 into soace 336. The bricks are silt rich and are scorched towards the west. A thin layer of wall plaster remains in patches. The mortar is clay rich with frequent charcoal flecks.

Bricks = 660mm x 90mm x 320 mm and are silt rich with a low clay content. 

Recognition: form - complete wall section 

Definition: sharp 

Execution: trowel and mattock excavated 

Condition: hot 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: mid reddish brown, some scorching 

Texture: slightly clay silt (20% 80%) 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasiona shell, charcoal, salt, and animal bone 

Post-depositional Features: - 

Basal Boundary: sharp onto mortar bonding - flat 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 16425 below: (Click to view the record) 16424 equal to: (Click to view the record) 16423 

Dry sieve volume: 232.5 

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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