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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2004 |
| Feature Type: platform |
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| Location: Centre of building |
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| Grid X: 1052.3 Grid Y: 171.1 |
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SHL 3 Aug. '04
A plastered surface with a sloping depression in the middle with possible traces of a burial cut. U.7944 was directly on top of this feature. The connection between this feature and the area behind the partition wall is unclear, as is the connection between this platform and the NW wall (F.1655).
Unexcavated in 2004
From Archive Report 2006:
A central platform F.1656 consisted of a primary make up layer of mid brown silty clay (13632). This was sealed by a series of thin truncated floors (13658), which only survived at the S edge of the platform, the rest of the floors being worn away while the building was in use. These were sealed in turn by floors (13604) and (12699). A cluster of obsidian flakes lying on the later ‘dirty’ floor (12699) was recorded as
(13000). The tool being manufactured was not established but it is easy to imagine someone sitting on the platform directly to the south whilst working the obsidian. In the SE corner of platform F.1656 a small ashy deposit (13698) is contemporary with the knapping activity and contained semi-articulated fish bones. It is likely these represent food waste and may have been deliberately swept into the corner of the platform. This activity area was sealed by a white plaster floor (12693), which was in turn sealed by the heavily truncated remains of a series of at least five floors; recorded as (12692) this season and (7944) in the 2004 season. This final deposit survived only in a small area to the W of the platform and may represent deliberate scouring of the platform as part of the process of closing the building. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| above: (Click to view the record) 1663 |
| abuts: (Click to view the record) 1651, 1654, 1657 |
| cut by: (Click to view the record) 1492 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 2 |
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| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 37 (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: 11 (Click here to view unit list) |
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