Unit 16856

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: Trench 5 

Interpretive Categories: Mudbrick 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: Mudbricks in mudbrick wall F.5052, the eastern wall of space 340.

JHB 2012: Unit 16856 is the upper part of the buttress F.5052. We learned from buttress F.5057 to expect a smaller, older phase of buttress construction within the buttresses of B.98, so far buttress 5052, we excavated the newer, larger buttress first, or as best we could given the nebulous interface beteen the two phases (at least until the bottom, near the floor, where it is clearer). 16856 is similar to 16869, the upper part of buttress 5057. By removing a 10cm layer of dried soil, we were better able to understand the interface between F.5052 and the wall F.3335. F.5052 abuts the wall F.3335, which extends across the length of 5052 to the north. Originally it was believed that F.3335 ended at the eastern edge of 5052 and abutted F.2428, which is not the case. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: dark gray brown 

Texture: clay silt 

Bedding: heterogeneous construction fill 

Inclusions: pottery, obsidian, animal bones, stone, shell 

Post-depositional Features: animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: unclear interface with lower, smaller, older buttress U.17258 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17258 below: (Click to view the record) 16839 equal to:none 

Dry sieve volume: 368 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 10

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 5

Number of Related Diary Entries: 2

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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