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Short Description:
Fill of pit at SE of trench 7
Issued to
Najmin Nessa | 23/06/2018
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Interpretation

    • Small pit
      • Najmin Nessa
    • 30-6-2018
    • It could be a pit or posthole but it is very irregular and could just have been a hollow in the land surface into which discarded animal bone ended up. Although it does not look like it was fully excavated.
      • Brendon Wilkins
    • 13-11-2018

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Loose
  • Mid yellowish-brown
  • Sandy silt
  • Charcoal <10% Well sorted angular and sub-angular stones 25%
  • L: 0.5m W: 0.35+ D: 0.09m
  • Contained animal bone
  • Trowel, overcast but dry - perfect digging conditions!

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 18 556 not washed. 2018 - material not examined (Dr Hannah Russ, December 2018)

Feature

  • Feature: COL18_701
    • Pit/posthole against eastern edge of trench 7

Site Photos

  • Photo: COL18_180757
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    • East-facing section of small pit/posthole F701, looking west, 0.4m scale

Samples

  • Sample: COL18_7
    • Chris Paul
    • 23-6-2018
  • Sample: COL18_20
    • Indie Jago
    • 3-7-2018

Record Details

  • Not set
  • Najmin Nessa 23-6-2018
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