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| Area: South |
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| Dug in Year: 2006 |
| Feature Type: pit/scoop |
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| Grid X: 913.5 Grid Y: 959.4 |
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Shallow sub oval pit in Sp272, truncates pit F1543 to N. Edges, like many of pits in area difficult to define.
Most striking thing about this pit is that the upper fill is truncated/ contains two infant burials, F1536 and F1540, otherwise this pit is fairly nondescript and function unclear.
Discussion
The deposition/ burial of two infants within the limits of this pit suggest it was known about and probably the digging and filling of this pit occurred only a short time before the burials, which appear contemporary.
Was this pit just a convenient location for the burials or was it in fact dug specially and the burials placed in it and their separate cuts not exist?
The other infant burials in this space, F1530 and F1541, suggest an opportunistic use of recently dug pits/ change in use of the space and so these burials appear to fit with that, or maybe even determine these actions? |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| cut by: (Click to view the record) 1536, 1540 |
| cuts: (Click to view the record) 1543 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 5 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings: (Click to view the record)
| Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 2 (Click here to view unit list) |
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