| | Area: Trench 5 | | | | Dug in Year: 2010 | | Feature Type: bin | | Feature Subtype: | | | | Location: West of Sp. 446, north of F. 3330. | | | | Grid X: 700.287 Grid Y: 979.59 | | | Feature 3322 is an installation whose function is unclear. The fact that it is rectangular in shape, with a seemingly empty space in the middgle led to its initial interpretation as a bin. However, when excavating the interior (as shown on the section drawing 10/528) a layer of plaster (ca. 1-2 cm thick) appeared to block it, making the storage function an unlikely interpretation.
In terms of its construction materials, the main rectangular outer body of the feature was made of mudbricks, whereas the inside, apart from the aforementioned plaster, contained some chuncks of dark yellow clay and a complex stratigraphy of dark reddish brown and dark brown silt, as well as charcoal inclusions.
Its connection to the floor (U.15170) to its W and E is unclear, since most of the area surrounding the feature has been disturbed by animal burrows. Nevertheless, it could be argued that the floor might be later than the installation, since at one point on the western side of the installation the plaster floor and the feature are connected, the plaster floor crawling onto the feature.
This feature was lifted on 17.08.2010. | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: No | | | | Feature Relationships: | | abutted by: (Click to view the record) 15170 | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 19 | | | | Conservation Recorded: No | | Related Photos: 18 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings:
none | Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 1 (Click here to view unit list) |
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