Unit 20297

Category: Layer    dug in 2012

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: mud-brick for wall 

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

Dimensions: 1.75 x 0.30 x 0.50 m 

Discussion: This layer represents the extremely burnt mud brick of wall f. 3933. We excavated it to preserve the rest of the NE corner of this trench in the off season. It was extremely dry and crumbly, but surprisingly contained a few finds-- some bone and pottery. 

Recognition: obvious: pink burned mud-brick of a wall 

Definition: defined by wall f. 3933 

Execution: pick 

Condition: hot, shaded 

Consistency: loose, dry, extremely crumbled 

Colour: mostly red, with pink, gray, and black portions 

Texture: dry, burned mud brick 

Bedding: layered 

Inclusions: bone, pottery 

Post-depositional Features: fire 

Basal Boundary: arbitrary 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below:none 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 70 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 2

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): II, III 

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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