Unit 1681 

Category: layer    dug in 1996
 
Area: South 
 
Site Sketch: Click here to open in a new window
 
Interpretive Categories: mortar + brick 
 
Data Category Information: In Situ: in situ; Location: wall/blocking; Material: brick&mortar; Deposition: heterogeneous
 
Description: Description: 1, brick, and 2, mortar 
 
Discussion: Upper walling of wall feature 96/76 (section 96/431). Large dense bricks and mortar with few inclusions. This wall abuts 1516 to the north and overlies 1582. Bricks and mortar separated easily, so the bricks were probably dry before construction 
 
Execution: Trowel and mattock 
Condition: Morning sun 
Consistency: 1+2: Firm 
Colour: 1: 10YR 3/3. 2: 10 YR 3/4 dark yellowish brown 
Texture: 1: sandy clay loam. 2: silty clay loam 
Bedding: 1 Brick: massive, 2 Mortar: Massive 
Inclusions: 1: charcoal 2% (c 2mm)/ organic material 10% (<12mm), pebbles (<2%) 2:Organic remains 20% (c <2mm), 10% pebbles (<2mm), salt stains. 
Post-depositional Features: 1: roots/salt 2: salt 
Basal Boundary: Sharp anthropogenic boundary 
 
Unit Stratigraphy (as recorded in the field):
above: (Click to view the record) 1682 
 
Dry sieve volume: 75 
Total Deposit Volume: 114 
Number of Samples recorded by excavator: 6
Number of Related Diary Entries: 0
 
Settlement Phase:
Associated Mellaart Levels (from Space): VII 
Associated Hodder Level (from Space): SOUTH.?M 
Buildings: (Click to view the record)

20 
Spaces: (Click to view the record)

175 
Features:: (Click to view the record)

76 (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: Archive,Faunal,Heavy Residue,shell,Stone 
 
Lab Team Data

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ArchaeoBots Sample Recorded: Yes
Count of records:: 2 
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: Yes
Count of records:: 2 
Microfaunal Records: No
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Phytolith Sample: No
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