Short Description:
Collection of animal, and human bone in north-eastern part of the west side of trench
Issued to
Michael Janas | 19/07/2017
Interpretation
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- The large quantity of bone Including seal bone suggests this is the top of a layer of a channel lit from domestic refuse
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- Ed Caswell
- 27-7-2017
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- Midden deposit
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- Chris Casswell
- 28-7-2017
Sketch Photo
Description
- Medium
- Dark brown
- Sandy silt
- Rubble sub angular less than 10% and lots of animal bone
- Length - 3.20 m Width - 2.00 m Depth - not fully excavated
- Human bone, animal bone, shell
- Trowelling in wet windy conditions
Finds
| Findtype | Quantity (No. fragments) | Weight (g) | Notes |
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| Bone | 5 | 17 | Animal teeth (Year 2017) |
| Bone | 83 | 1031 | Human/Animal (Year 2017) |
| Other (add to description) | 5 | 43 | White quartz pebbles (Year 2017) |
| Ferrous Object | 1 | 5 | (Year 2017) |
| Shell | 36 | 168 | (Year 2017 |
| Bone | 33 | 229 | 4 fish (3g), 29 not defined (226g) (Year 2018) |
| Shell | 20 | 12 | 16 snail (8g), 3 cockle (3g), 1 mussel (<1g) (Year 2018) |
| Stone | 15 | 100 | Quartz pebbles (Year 2018) |
| Stone | 3 | 12 | Worked? (Year 2018) |
| Stone | 109 | 1246 | Quartz pebbles Discarded (Year 2019) |
Feature
- No records attached.
Site Photos
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Photo: LDF_216547
- E looking photo of W facing section of Tr2W
Plan
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Plan: LDF_19
- Post-ex plan West Trench 2. Sheet 8.
- Megan Lillington
- 25-7-2017
Record Details
- Not set
- Michael Janas 19-7-2017
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