| | Area: Trench 5 | | | | Dug in Year: 2010 | | Feature Type: burial | | Feature Subtype: | | | | Location: Southwest corner of trench extension, south of Sp.310 | | | | Grid X: 695.27 Grid Y: 969.3 | | | Pit F.3331 is a late event compared to all the other features in this area. Thus far, it is unclear as to the full dimensions and southern extent of the pit, as there was no time left to go deeper or to extend to the south again. The pit has contained both Chalcolithic pottery and obsidian, and late ceramic (burial) tiles and flat (burial) rock. There were clusters of human skeletal remeins scattered and fragmented throughout the upper layers 15195 and 15179, but there was the highest concentration in 15195 with some neonate remains and one adult. This pit was probably dug directly through a late Byzantine burial near the surface, and down through the Chalcolthic context architecture and room fill artefacts - and then after the pit was cut it was refilled with all the material mixed. Why was the pit dug? It is not clear yet, we may have more answers once the Feature is further defined. A burial looting event is a possibility, or even another attempt to create a burial pit for someone else - until they realised they had already dug through an earlier burial this pit also cut through the lower limbs of burial F.3318, meaning 3318 was an earlier event than this pit. The pit is bell shaped, undercutting the buttresses F.3301 and 3302, and 2427 along with U.15176.
NOTE THAT ALL LEVEL TAKEN FOR THIS FEATURE ON 18.8. ARE INCORRECT - WILL BE FIXED LATER. | | | | In situ Conservation: No | | Lifted: No | | | | Feature Relationships: | | cuts: (Click to view the record) 2427, 3301, 3302, 3318 | | | | Number of Related Diary Entries: 35 | | | | Conservation Recorded: No | | Related Photos: 20 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings:
none | Spaces:
none | | No. Of Units in this Feature: 10 (Click here to view unit list) |
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