Unit 4130

Category: layer    dug in 1999

 

Area: South 

 

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Interpretive Categories: mudbrick 

 

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

 

Dimensions: 2.65m N-S x 0.32m E-W. Thickness 7cm 

 

Discussion: Courses of dark gray mudbrick set in courses with mortar 4131. Each brick measures up to 70 cm in length, 32cm in width and 7cm in thickness though there is much irregularity and some are significantly smaller than this. The bricks in the initial phase of this wall differ substantially from those used in the later partial rebuild of the wall 4127, being far more sturdy and a different colour, the manufacture of the two different phases of brick therefore appaers to have been significantly different. The bricks over the centre of the wall have sagged considerably, probably because of their position over a once open crawl hole. It is this factor which probably necessitated the later rebuilding of the wall. 

 

Recognition: Clearly defined mudbrick in mortar matrix 

Definition: Clearly defined in wall 

Execution: Trowel 

Condition: Dry and warped but mainly intact 

Consistency: Firm 

Colour: Dark gray 

Texture: Silty clay 

Bedding: Layered 

Inclusions: Occasional (<2%) small bone, shell, charcoal and stone fragments 

Post-depositional Features: Some root and insect disturbance 

Basal Boundary: Clear, smooth, anthropic 

 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): above: (Click to view the record) 4205 below: (Click to view the record) 3799, 2394, 4126, 4223 equal to: (Click to view the record) 4120, 4127, 4128, 4129, 4130, 4131, 4132 

 

Dry sieve volume: 0 

Total Deposit Volume: 0 

Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 3

Number of Related Diary Entries: 0

 

Settlement Phase:

Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space):  

Associated Hodder Level (from Space): Unassigned at present 

Related Photos: 1 (Opens as a group in a new window)

Buildings: (Click to view the record) 2

Spaces: (Click to view the record) 117

Features:: (Click to view the record) 66 (wall)

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

Please note the list below does not represent everything that might have been found in this Unit, but represents the datasets we have available on-line. Please contact us to obtain more information about this Unit.

ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: No

Ceramic Records: No

Clay Object Records: No

Chipped Stone Records: No

Conservation Recorded: No

Faunal Records: No

Figurine Records: No

GroundStone Records: No

Heavy Residue Records: No

Microfaunal Records: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested microfauna records

Phytolith Sample: No Sorry not all of this data is available online at present, please contact us if you are particularly interested phytolith samples

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