Unit 30193

Category: Layer    dug in 2014

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: mortar 

Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: building; Material: brick; Deposition: homogeneous

Discussion: U.30193 is the mortar portion of F.3098 which is an internal wall of B.77- North end. The form of mortar is firm but due to burning, south end of the wall is damaged and it is hard to define the structure of the mortar. Special characteristics of the mortar are, its thickness was variable like 0.03 to 0.07. It was burnt and easy to remove. There were cube, rectangular and irregular shaped mortars and also smaller chunks. Also there were mortars between individual bricks.

No flotation sample due to the burnt material. 

Consistency: firm 

Colour: orangish brown to grey due to burning 

Texture: clay 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: very pure clay, with small clay modules 

Post-depositional Features: burnt, animal and insect activity 

Basal Boundary: sharp 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 22080 below: (Click to view the record) 22084 

Total Deposit Volume: 459 

Number of Samples 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:

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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