Unit 2009

Category: layer    dug in 1997

Area: South 

Interpretive Categories: bricks 

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

Description: Bricks of wall 85, description separated into 3 types of brick, A, B, and C. See sketch for brick locations 

Discussion: Bricks of wall 85, in 2 fabrics (see descriptions), the W end was removed first to facilitate excavation of burials in platform F86. The E end was removed some time later when deposit associated with it within 112 had been removed.
NB - fragment of red painted plaster came out of the dry sieve, was it really in a brick? perhaps from mortar (2008) 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: sunny 

Consistency: firm (weak when moist) / firm / firm 

Colour: 7.5YR 4/4 brown / 10YR 5/4 yellowish brown / 10YR 6/4 lt yellowish brown 

Texture: clay loam / sandy clay loam / slightly sandy clay 

Bedding: massive / massive / massive 

Inclusions: 5% phytoliths, <2% charcoal fragments (small, 2mm) / 2% phytoliths, <2% charcoal fragments (small, 2mm) / <2% charcoal flecks (1-2mm); <2% small clay lumps; <2% small stones (2-5mm); <2% phytolith, but brick was clearly heavily vegetable tempered 

Post-depositional Features: fine roots / moderate fine roots / not evident 

Basal Boundary: sharp, smooth / sharp smooth / sharp, anthropogenic 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 2021 below: (Click to view the record) 2327 equal to: (Click to view the record) 2008 

Dry sieve volume: 215 

Total Deposit Volume: 262 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 10

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 

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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