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Short Description:
Fill of 17003
Issued to
Lauren Nofi | 29/06/2017
90

Interpretation

    • Fill of cut [17003]. Cow burial. Likely modern (mid 19th century)
      • Maggie Eno
    • 3-7-2017

Sketch Photo

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Stratigraphic Matrix

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Description

  • Soft
  • Mid brown
  • Sandy clay
  • 20% small to medium lumps of red clay (redeposited natural) 5% small to medium green mudstone
  • 1.02m thick
  • Fill contained cow burial. Bone badly preserved.
  • Hand/overcast

Finds

FindtypeQuantity (No. fragments)Weight (g)Notes
Animal Bone

Feature

  • Feature: OBC_1701
    • Cow burial

Site Photos

  • Photo: OBC17_17004
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    • Animal bone removed from cow burial
  • Photo: OBC_171017
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    • East-facing section through cow burial in Trench 17, looking west, 1m scale
  • Photo: OBC_171019
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    • North-facing section through cow burial in Trench 17, looking south, 1m scale

Plan

  • Plan: OBC_10
    • Post-ex. plan of Trench 17
    • Maggie Eno
    • 2-7-2017

Objects

  • Find: OBC_17
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    • Copper alloy fragment
    • Copper Alloy

Record Details

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  • Lauren Nofi 29-6-2017
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