Locus D.5K96.005

General Information

Locus Type:

Architecture

Supervisor:

M. Murray

Designation:

N-S wall

Reason:

Stones in a line

Top Separation:

Very Clear

Bottom Separation:

Clear

Start Date:

01 Jul, 1987

End Date:

31 Jul, 1987

Interpretation

Function:

Wall served as part of a larger EB3 domestic complex

Stratigraphy remarks:

Due to slope of square, layers 2, 3, 10 & 14 have all been over part of this wall

Balk:

Phase:

Stratum :

Architecture Description

Material

chert Qualifier 1:

chert Qualifier 2:

chert Qualifier 3:

chert Percent:

0

Limestone Qualifier 1:

None

Limestone Qualifier 2:

Limesotne Qualifier 3:

Limestone Percent:

100

basalt Qualifier 1:

basalt Qualifier 2:

basalt Qualifier 3:

basalt Percent:

0

nari Qualifier 1:

nari Qualifier 2:

nari Qualifier 3:

nari Percent:

0

mudbrick Qualifier 1:

mudbrick Qualifier 2:

mudbrick Qualifier 3:

mudbrick Percent:

Arch Frags:

0

Fragment Type:

Quarry:

Wall Stones

Cobble (6-25 cm) %:

30

Small Boulder (25-50cm) %:

Medium Boulder (50-75cm) %:

0

Large Boulder (75-100cm) %:

0

Very Large Boulder (>1 m) %:

0

Chinkstones

Pebble (.2-6 cm) %:

0

Cobble (6-25 cm) %:

100

Fillstones: (in Rubble-filled Construction)

Cobble (6-25 cm) %:

100

Small Boulder (25-50cm) %:

0

Medium Boulder (50-75cm) %:

0

Large Boulder (75-100cm) %:

0

Very Large Boulder (>1 m) %:

0

Brick

Length (upper):

0.0

Length (lower):

0.0

Width (upper):

0.0

Width (lower):

0.0

Depth (upper):

0.0

Depth (lower):

0.0

Dressing: (Stone Only)

Unhewn %:

100

Semi-hewn %:

Dressed %:

0

Ashlar %:

0

Bossed %:

0

Tooling (Stone Only)

Upper Width:

0.0

Lower Width:

0.0

Upper Length:

0.0

Lower Length:

0.0

Sketch:

false

Photo:

false

Mortar

Dry-laid %:

100

Clay %:

0

Mud %:

0

Cement %:

0

Plaster %:

0

Average Thickness:

0.0

Facing

Facing:

Unfaced

Color:

Construction

Style:

Boulder & Chink

Support:

Free-standing

Tendencies:

Courses

Highest Count:

6

Lowest Count:

5

Random:

false

Rows

Highest Count:

0

Lowest Count:

2

Two with Rubble:

Random:

false

Measurements

Greatest Length in meters:

3.3

Greatest width in meters:

0.8

Smallest width in meters:

0.75

Greatest Height in meters:

1.15

Lowest Height in meters:

1

Orientation (degrees):

202

Dip (degrees):

2

Preservation

Preservation:

Partial Superstructure: Half

Lean Direction (degrees):

300

Lean Degrees:

10

Top Foundation Level:

897.63

Remarks

Remarks:

Top courses are lost with the slope of the square or robbed in Loca 13 & 14; the wall is thus under successive Layers 2, 3, 10 & 14

Levels

Location Top Level Bottom Level
8 898.69 0
8 898.5 0
9 898.78 897.63
14 898.31 0

Stratigraphy

Under Earth layer D5K96:002
Under Surface D5K96:003
Under Surface D5K96:010
Under Surface D5K96:014
Abuts Wall D5K96:011
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:003
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:010
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:014
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:017
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:018
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:019
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:020
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:023
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:025
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:027
Sealed agnst by Surface D5K96:029

Pails

Number Date Baskets Total Diagnostic Published

Photos

Date Photo Number Subject Photo
02 Jul, 1987 87D96595 Progress
03 Jul, 1987 87D96596 Progress
06 Jul, 1987 87D96597 Progress
20 Jul, 1987 87D96607 Progress
21 Jul, 1987 87D96608 Progress
22 Jul, 1987 87D96609 Progress
23 Jul, 1987 87D96611 Progress
24 Jul, 1987 87D96612 Progress
27 Jul, 1987 87D96613 Progress
28 Jul, 1987 87B072806 Progress
29 Jul, 1987 87B072906 Progress
30 Jul, 1987 87B073006 Progress
31 Jul, 1987 87B073106 Progress
03 Aug, 1987 87B080306 Progress
07 Jul, 1987 87D96598 Progress
08 Jul, 1987 87D96599 Progress
09 Jul, 1987 87D96600 Progress
10 Jul, 1987 87D96601 Progress
13 Jul, 1987 87D96602 Progress
14 Jul, 1987 87D96603 Progress
15 Jul, 1987 87D96604 Progress
17 Jul, 1987 87D96606 Progress
16 Jul, 1987 87D96605 Progress