Unit 21646

Category: Layer    dug in 2015

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: inter-wall infill 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: between walls; Material: re-used brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous

Discussion: Inter-wall infill clearly visible between the southern wall of building 108 (F. 3634). Difference in terms of color and texture, also clearly visible in the section in B. 108. As the layer was situated between the outer walls of two different buildings it seems highly likely that the layer has functioned as supporting walls. This especially reasonable to assume as the layer contained large amounts of fragmented bricks mixed with sandy silt, bone, pieces of plster that were seemingly placed between the foundation wall of B. 108 which was constructed in a midden and the outer wall of space 90. The unit was excavated by trowel, following the visible borders in the B. 108 section and the outline of its southern wall (F.36349 and the northern wall of space 90. The infill contained a big aurochs bone, a fragmented animal figurine (Find X1 below). The initial plan was to excavate further, but the presence of large mudbricks and mortar in what seems to be the infill led to the decision to divide the infill layer into two units. The continuation of the infill is U. 21648. Unit 21646 does not belong to a space or building, but it should be considered as an external constructional element relatable to the southern wall of B.108. 

Consistency: Loose-Firm 

Colour: Multicolored: dark greyish brown, orange, and white 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Compound, layered 

Inclusions: Brick fragments 30%, mortar 20%, plaster 1%, burnt clay 1%, charcoal 1%, bone 2% 

Post-depositional Features: Animal burrowing, exposure to weather, some trampling 

Basal Boundary: Constructional, abrupt and distinct. Irregular and uneven. 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 21648 below: (Click to view the record) 12394 

Dry sieve volume: 28 

Total Deposit Volume: 57 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of X-Finds recorded by excavator: 1

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): ? 

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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