Short Description:
Possible midden
Issued to
Johanna Ungemach | 23/06/2018
Interpretation
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- Midden layer
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- Chris Casswell
- 16-7-2018
Sketch Photo
Description
- Friable
- Dark brownish-grey
- Clayey silt
- Occasional small angular stones
- Length - 10m Width - 2m Depth - 0.25m
- Hand excavated
Finds
| Findtype | Quantity (No. fragments) | Weight (g) | Notes |
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| Animal Bone | 123 | 2851 | teeth |
| Animal Bone | 12 | 947 | animal jaw bones with teeth |
| Animal Bone | 108 | 2390 | |
| Animal Bone | 10 | 395 | Horn and hoof |
| Animal Bone | 27 | 568 | rib |
| Animal Bone | 47 | 3225 | jaw |
| Animal Bone | 3 | 78 | vertebrae |
| Animal Bone | 12 | 310 | scapulae |
| Animal Bone | 8 | 389 | |
| Animal Bone | 64 | 2672 | long bone |
| Animal Bone | 30 | 28 | |
| Animal Bone | 23 | 134 | teeth |
| Animal Bone | 114 | 750 | General comment for all animal bone recovered from this context. Sample only examined. Mixed assemblage - Equid, cattle, Red Deer (1), pig, sheep/goat, ??Roe Deer (1), bovid, small and large ungulates, medium and large unclassified mammals and chicken (1). (Dr Hannah Russ, December 2018) |
| Lead Object | 1 | 5 | |
| Stone | 1 | 1 | quartz pebble |
| Pot | 2 | 1 | |
| Ceramic Building Material | 3 | 7 | red clay brick fragments - possibly burnt |
| Stone | 36 | 173 | Quartz pebbles up to 70g in weight |
| Slag | 2 | 47 | |
| Animal Bone | 2225 | 2344 | pre washed: contaminated with 33 pieces of iron Age bone |
| Animal Bone | 1550 | 9010 | not washed |
| Animal Bone | 539 | 9676 | (Year 2018) |
| Slag | 1 | 348 | (Year 2018) |
| Stone | 3 | 19 | Quartz, discarded. (Year 2018) |
Feature
- No records attached.
Site Photos
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Photo: COL18_180748
- Post-excavation photo of Trench 8, looking south, 1m scales
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Photo: COL18_180748
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- Post-excavation photo of Trench 8, looking south, 1m scales
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Photo: COL18_180750
- Post-excavation photo of Trench 8, looking north, 1m scales
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Photo: COL18_180753
- West-facing section of midden layer (8002) sealing ditch F801, looking east, 2m and 1m scales
Samples
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Sample: COL18_16
- Indie Jago
- 2-7-2018
Record Details
- Not set
- Johanna Ungemach 23-6-2018
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