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Short Description:
Subsoil cleaning layer
Issued to
Brendon Wilkins | 15/06/2016
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Interpretation

    • Subsoil cleaning layer
      • Raksha Dave
    • 28-7-2016

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Stratigraphic Matrix

Description

  • Firm silty sand
  • Mid orange brown
  • Silty sand
  • Charcoal, small pebbles, shell
  • Length 3.17m Width 1.20m Depth 0.10m
  • Depth varies between 0.08m and 0.10m Subsoil layer above (3025)
  • Trowel and mattock

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone 131 580
Pot 16 125 Mixed assemblage (1100>1700). 3 pieces not pot - bone/stone/shell. (Andrew Sage, 2017)
Shell 36 76
Stone 1 206 used for boiling water?
Other (add to description) 1 8 Slag

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