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Short Description:
Feature fill
Issued to
DigVentures | 01/10/2017

Interpretation

    • Feature fill
      • DigVentures
    • 19-6-2018
    • It is possible that this layer represents the fill of a large feature, from at least one of those identified from the geophysical survey or it could just be a colluvial surface on which the animal bone was deposited.
      • Brendon Wilkins
    • 9-11-2018

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Moderately firm
  • Mid greyish- brown
  • Silty clay
  • occasional medium rounded stones, small rounded stones, one large sub-angular stone
  • Length - 1.00m Width - 1.00m Depth - 0.37m
  • Large quantity of animal bone, predominantly cranial fragments. Butchery waste? Water table breach.
  • Mattock, dry and sunny.

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Pot 1 3
Animal Bone 12 161 Mixed assemblage of Equid, cattle, pig, small ungulate and both large and small unclassified mammals. (Dr Hannah Russ, December 2018)
Animal Bone 8 111 teeth
Stone 2 39 quartz pebble
Animal Bone 13 130 Mixed assemblage of Equid, cattle, pig, small ungulate and both large and small unclassified mammals. (Dr Hannah Russ, December 2018)

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