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| Area: South |
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| Dug in Year: 2004 |
| Feature Type: pit |
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Fairly poorly defined cut of pit. Truncates northern part of hearth F1507. Also cuts through floor (10411) and poss. Remnant plaster surface above it as evidenced by cleaning layer (10424). Edges of cut diffuse as cut into room fill/midden material below building 42.
Two fills within pit (10415) and (10418). Very similar and probably same fill in actuality. Lower fill contained obsidian point/tool (poss. Spear?head). Fills possibly deliberately backfilled rather than accumulationm deposits, as so similar to material into which pit is cut.
Also lots of animal disturbance.
Pit cut into floor of building 42 next to and truncating hearth F1507. Function of pit uncertain, although it appears to have been deliberately backfilled prior ro end life of building. May be associated with end life of hearth and obsidian point placed there to mark it?
Pit may have functioned as a "cache" where again deposition of obsidian point may mark the cleaning out of this caches.
So pit possibly having a functional and symbolic role in the use and end life of this building.
SMc 07/08/05: During excavation (05 season) we stepped in 1m and section revealed that northern part of F1506 extended down for aprox 20cm more, but we did not excavate it. Also F1528, large animal burrow just to north is abbutting(cutting?) this. So potential for disturbance of F1506 or worst case that F1506 is actually continuation of this disturbance and part of large animal burrow. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| cuts: (Click to view the record) 1507 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 1 |
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| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 13 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings: (Click to view the record)
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 3 (Click here to view unit list) |
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