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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 1999 |
| Feature Type: niche/bin |
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| Location: SW corner of space 158 |
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| Grid X: 1052.4 Grid Y: 1184.55 |
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The inner face has been covered with thin layers of plaster on the wall face and the ceiling. The base of the niche is covered with yellowish orange layer of clay. No clear distinction between base level of the niche and unit 6129 (the floor level outside) it slopes out into the floor. On the south wall about 10 cm off the niche edge is still visible, closest to the floor level. The outer face is made of the same yellowish orange clay as the base and the floor unit. The back of the niche abuts the original wall face in west. The fill inside the niche was very ashy and had lot of charred seeds and nuts. In the outer layer of clay around the niche seems to be put up against a wall face of the slumped wall.
It seems like there are at least two phases in the niche construction. The niche was built up against the original west wall. The actual niche is the earliest phase, later on white plaster was added on the top of the niche and this space could have been used as a bin. This space also had an ashy fill layer with charred seeds and nuts, but not as dense as the ashy fill within the niche. The small "peninsula" of the northern wall is still in situ (it's about 8 cm long and 3-10 cm wide). The outer measures for the niche are: south wall 39 cm; west 21 cm; north 38 cm. The inner measures at the bottom of the niche are forming a triangle: south 40 cm; north-west 59 cm; front 38 cm. Niche/bin height is 38 cm. For digital recording of the curvature the niche was sliced in 4 (5-8 cm) layers. All the soil was sent to flotation. Feature 607 is built on top of an earlier hearth or oven. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| abuts: (Click to view the record) 600 |
| adjacent to: (Click to view the record) 628 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 9 (Click here to view unit list) |
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