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Short Description:
Fill of [4110], F439
Issued to
Nat Jackson | 11/12/2019
1138

Interpretation

    • Single fill of a standard moderate size Iron Age storage pit, within the fill was an infant burial sk.4531
      • Nat Jackson
    • 11-12-2019

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Moderate
  • Dark brown
  • Silty clay
  • Moderate small stones (0.5-2cm), occasional medium stones (2-5cm), occasional charcoal flecks, occasional baked earth
  • Length - 1.10 Width - 1.10 Thickness - 0.40
  • Within the fill was an infant burial sk.4531
  • Hand excavated/ appalling wind and rain

Finds

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Feature

  • Feature: WIT_439
    • Storage pit with neonatal burial

Site Photos

  • Photo: WIT_200507
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    • South west facing section of pit F#439, 1m scale, shot facing north east

Samples

  • Sample: WIT_33
    • Ben Swain
    • 17-12-2019

Record Details

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  • Nat Jackson 11-12-2019
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