Unit 8661

Category: layer    dug in 2003

Area: North 

Interpretive Categories: wall/mortar 

Data Category Information: none

Discussion: Unit opened for standard samples, 1 and 2, the rest (app. 120 l) sieved together with all the bricks and mortar of this wall - unit 8656. 2 bottom layers of mortar in the E wall of space 201 - F. 762. It is typical "middeny" mortar. 

Recognition: consistency, colour 

Definition: clear 

Execution: trowel 

Condition: dry 

Consistency: soft 

Colour: mixed, dark gray 

Texture: silty clay with inclusions 

Bedding: massive 

Inclusions: bone, stone, obsidian, teeth, charcoal, ash 

Post-depositional Features: plant roots, animal holes, salts 

Basal Boundary: flat, constructional 

Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field): below: (Click to view the record) 8659, 8656, 8660 equal to: (Click to view the record) 8656 

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): 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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