Unit 20717

Category: Layer    dug in 2016

Area: TPC 

Interpretive Categories: mortar of the Neolithic wall 

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

Discussion: This unit is consisted of a few layers of mortar put in beetwen the courses of mudbricks of the Neolithic wall (F.3851) located in SE corner of Trench 4. It has been established that this wall was contemporaneous with the adjacent wall constructions - F.3850 & 3852 and represents the reconstruction of the space of earlier of B.150 defined as B.152. All these walls were erected on top of the flooring layers of the latest reconstruction of B.150 (Space 594). They were built as a single constructional event as indicated by a similar shape and size of bricks and its permanent binding. It is worth noting that this wall was placed in an empty space following a deliberate removal of the section of E wall of B.150. This wall is basically sitting on the original basal part of this wall of B.150. There are some indications that some of the older bricks may have been reused in the process of constructing this new wall. On the east side, the mudbricks of this wall were abutting the other wall construction which extends beyond the limit of excavations (no unit/feature number yet), most likely the W wall of yet another building directly west of B.150. The last layer of this unit was sitting directly on the surface of earlier platform from Space 594. 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Dark brown 

Texture: Silty-clay 

Bedding: Massive 

Inclusions: Calcium spots, small charcoal bits 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrows 

Basal Boundary: Clear, constructional, prominent contrast, smooth surface 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 31849 below: (Click to view the record) 31352 equal to: (Click to view the record) 20716 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 67 

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 

Finds Room Information:

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X Finds Material: nothing recorded  

Finds Material Stored: nothing recorded  

Lab Team Data

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