| Entry: | Building 49
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Eight days to go and building 49 is still there. Work has been slow with numerous burials and areas of painted plaster within an already complex architectural sequence.
I have been working on some of the wall paintings in the NW area of the building as well as excavating some smaller architectural elements. An internal division or small bench F4016 consisted of an earlier feature, possibly a platform in the SW corner of the building, which had been cut back to create a sunken storage area. F4016 was constructed of relatively thick layers of plaster and brown clay silt make up (16674) and (16672), which represent repeated construction events on an earlier truncated feature. These were overlain by brown make up (16671) deposited against the western side of the feature. This provided the shape of the feature and was sealed by clay plaster (16669). F4016 was altered by the addition of clay silt make up (16650) to the N end, possibly associated with the construction of F4017. The extent, nature and relationship of (16650) were unclear as a large animal burrow to the north heavily truncated it. The latest deposit removed from F4016 was a deposit of plaster (16648) removed from the E side of the feature. The function of this deposit was not clear but it may have represented a repair of addition to F 4016. This was sealed by clay make up (16629) and plaster (16623) which also may be associated with the repair/use of this feature.
In the NW corner of the building a basin F4010 consisted of at least two phases. The earliest consisted of plaster basin (16645) with a quern stone set in the S side. This was filled by (16644) to create a smaller plaster basin (16643). This was filled by (14485) and sealed under platform construction (14482). Basin F4010 was located on a platform in the NW corner and probably associated with an area of charcoal and dirty floors. This area appears to represent an activity area, possibly associated with food preparation (??). The platform associated with F4010 was heavily truncated prior to being remodelled and incorporated into platform F4008. The original form of this platform was therefore unclear, however it appeared to have a lip on its E side, dividing activity on top of the platform from the central area of the room. |
