| Entry: | We have been working in the remains of a very eroded Space (S267) which wass first excavated in 2005 when the lowest course of a southern and eastern wall were removed. The northern wall had completely eroded. To the west of the LOE for that year, the walls of the space are preserved better (although the southern wall appears to have been knocked down to a lower level). Very thin, eroded traces of a floor and makeup layers were recorded and a hearth feature (F.2752) located close to the western wall which like the rest in the building had never been plastered. We number the building (70) that the space belonged to now since more substantial remains have been located.
To the west of the western wall a midden deposit built up around the building (sp 315). This was clearly different to the laminated layers of midden on which the walls of building 70 were constucted. The later midden was excavted as (14902) and, to ensure that finds from the midden dated to before the construction and post building 70 construction did not contaminate each other (since following midden layers can be tricky) a further layer of midden was excavated as (14912). It is hoped that the the material in the different levels of midden can be compared. The lower, heavily laminated midden appears to be contemporary with the midden to the north that was deposited in the midden pits in Space 279 which I worked on last year (althought a direct stratigraphic relationship has been lost by the late foundation truncations). Even onsite differences between the middens that I dug last year and midden deposit (14902) appear to notable with a lack of figurines in the later deposit and worked bone. It will be interesting to see if this pattern holds up when the midden deposits under building 70 are dug and if any other patterns in the deposition of material is identified by the specialists.Entered By: LY
(edited by SF-18/04/08. Changed building number from B.69 to B.70) |
