Unit 17684

Category: Layer    dug in 2008

Area: TP 

Interpretive Categories: mortar 

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

Dimensions: 9.40 x 0.80 x 0.33 

Discussion: This is a mortar in the N-S wall (bricks 17683). The thickness of this mortar placed between the first and second course of bricks is 8 cm. 

Recognition: colour, consistency 

Definition: mortar of the wall 17683 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: hot, windy 

Consistency: friable to firm 

Colour: gray 

Texture: silty clay 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: bones, shell, pottery, obsidian 

Post-depositional Features: none 

Basal Boundary: distinct 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 17800 below: (Click to view the record) 17683 

Dry sieve volume: 214.75 

Total Deposit Volume: 235 

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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