Unit 18521

Category: Layer    dug in 2009

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: Brick Collapse 

 

Data Category Information: Location: building; Deposition: heterogeneous

 

Dimensions: 2.8m (NW-SE) x 1.48 (NE-SW) x 3.0-0.4m deep 

 

Discussion: Heavy mudbrick tumble in abandonment sequence of B.80, Sp. 135. Contained mostly whole (or large fragments of) clay sitl brick - in a pile forming a ridge across the centre of the room. Initially thought to cap an underlying northwest-southeast oriented wall - this turned out not to be the case upon excavation. Notably, none of the bricks (bar two) showed signs of being coursed or having mortar attached. As such, it is hard to say where this tumble came from - although, given that it seals short collapse, it Is probably fair to say that it was dumped after the house was completely abandoned. 

 

Recognition: texture 

Definition: very clear 

Execution: trowel/hand mattock 

Condition: hot and dry 

Consistency: compact 

Colour: mid-light grey brown 

Texture: clay silt 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: occasional: burnt brick, bones, charcoal flecks 

Post-depositional Features: truncated on west side by Mellart's excavations 

Basal Boundary: clear 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 18526 below: (Click to view the record) 18519, 17392 

 

Dry sieve volume: 670 

Total Deposit Volume: 704 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

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 

Related Photos: 2 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 80

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 135

Features:: none

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 2009 still to be released

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: Yes Count of records:: 21

Figurine Records: No

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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