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Short Description:
Charnel pit fill
Issued to
Harmony Rose Hill | 23/09/2021
2116

Interpretation

    • Charnel pit
      • Frederick Wannop
    • 26-9-2021

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Loose
  • Mid orangey brown
  • 80% bone (mix of human and animal) and clayey sand soil
  • Common larger pieces of charcoal
  • 2021: Length - 1.03m + Width - 0.80m + Depth - 0.50m +
  • Even the soil feels like it is made up of fragments of degraded bone.
  • Hand ex in sunny conditions. Not bottomed in 2021.

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Bone 154 927 Mixed human/animal. (Year 2022)_
Human bone 7 16 Teeth. (Year 2022)
Shell 71 302 (Year 2022)
Daub 5 174 (Year 2021)
Lead Object 1 5 (Year 2021)
Shell 23 10 (Year 2021)
Stone 6
  • 63
  • 63
Quartz pebbles. DISCARDED. (Year 2021)

Feature

  • Feature: LDF_706
    • Charnel pit in Tr2E
  • Feature: LDF_711
    • Charnel pit in Tr2E. Void duplicate

Site Photos

  • Photo: LDF_216274
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    • E looking photo of charnel pit (2349). 1m scale

Samples

  • Sample: LDF_204
    • Harmony Rose Hill
    • 23-9-2021

Record Details

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  • Harmony Rose Hill 23-9-2021
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