The bases of many houses were built on top of huge mud brick platforms like this one shown eroding from the border of the mound along the major east-west street, dividing HR and VS areas. Large mud bricks that were used for building platforms like this one. The bricks measured 10 x 20 x 40 cm (a ratio of 1:2:4). In the background, a partly exposed platform can be seen which has pottery and fired brick fragments still covering the surface. |