| Entry: | Three days on since my last entry (i think?)
Anyway things seem to be going well in building 10. Lots of contexts hav been removedç mostly floors below the platforms (phisically below). It looks like Platform F1307 may be released first as the we are now at the level where the floors and the red facing on the south of the platform correspond. In the process of removing floors we have taken off 19 floors and make up/levelling deposits 8081-8091 8093 10614 10617 10619 10623 10625 10626 10627. I rekonwe probably have one or two more surfaces to remove before the building will changeç as we can already see a new platform alignment in the south west of the building and possibly a bin edge. The oven sequence proved quite interestingç altogether I removed 4 floor deposits 10608 10612 10616 and 10618 along with primary make up preparation 10622 and the partial remains of a relining these all sitting within cut 10624 which in turn cut into the north face of wall F 103. Two of the floors 10608 and 10618 had frequent small pebbles within their make up possibly used as a binding agent and possibly for heat retention qualities. The lower floor espeacially utilised pebbles and had the appearance of 'concrete' although slightly less tough. We have now come down onto a new phase of oven/ovens and it seems strange that the floor of oven F1313 was not built directly onto this, however there appears to have been a levelling episode in between this being in use and the cut for the new oven Sequence. If all the oven phases can be looked at and counted and if someone could work out the life expectancy of this type of clay oven then perhaps the longevity of the building could be asertained, just a thought. It looks as though Pltafrom F1312 in the south west of the building may be slumping into a pit, the pit if thats what it is contains some intersting items, including pottery, bone and a stone with red ochre on it (possibly an ochre pestel). Part of wall F105 may also have to be taken out as it seems to sit above the floors we are down to. It may be that the wall was strenthend or thickend later in its life perhaps some kind of underpinning.Entered By: Roddy Regan |
