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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2004 |
| Feature Type: wall |
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| Location: abuts F. 1458 and probably supports it |
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F. 1459 was defined while removing midden deposits (U. 8869, 8877, 8892). It consists of mudbricks amd pieces of mudbricks dumped in the midden at F. 1458.
The mudbricks are made of yellow sandy clay, sometimes bonded by thin layer of mortar (which was most probably taken from the surrounding midden).
F. 1459 was made predominantly of pieces of mudbricks, clumsily arranged. Its highest point is ca. 35 cm above the current surface of the midden (U. 8877).
The function of the wall is not clear - it probably represented or was related to some kind of activity, which has taken place or has been related to the midden. It seems a bit earlier than F. 1458 (a piece of the cow's skull was place on top of F. 1459 and below a protruding mudbrick of F. 1458).
On top of the W part of F. 1459 a skull of a cow, chopped into 3 pieces and piece of a long bone (U. 8880) were dumped.
It the easternmost part of the wall we came across a relatively big patch (N-s 70 cm; E-W 85 cm) of bricks, which were fallen (dumped) from the wall and have been destroyed.
NB! The hypothesis that F. 1459 is a "supportive" wall for F. 1458 does not seem very probable. I think that the two featores are related to different events . |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| abuts: (Click to view the record) 1458 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 23 (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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