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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 1998 |
| Feature Type: platform |
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| Location: attached to the south and east walls of building 3 |
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| Grid X: 1057.06 Grid Y: 1184.25 |
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A platform-like feature between F.637 and the scapularium. On its west edge the feature is bounded by two scapulae (X , X ). The fill was typical platform fill: brown-reddish moist material, fine bricky fill. Flotation sample was taken from the whole surface.
At first this whole surface in the S-E corner of space 86 was divided into F. 637 which represented lower part of the entrance area, and then F. 167 which represented a step or a platform attached to the south wall. After removing a step, the whole surface was defined as platform F. 167. This platform is situated in the area where most probably lader for entering the house was. We came to this conclusion after considering multiple deposits of floor and packings on it. It is part of the dirty area of building 3 and consists of series of replasterings. It was truncated in prehistory again because of the lader. In its N-E part it is cut by a post-retrieval pit (F.168). Northern edge comprised some floors of platform F. 170. A scapula was found, probably supporting the fill of the pit, which contained high amount of burnt ashy material.
Continuation of excavation in this area revealed new layers of plasterings and packings that were built on top of an older feature. In a basin formed between a small plaster lump attached to south wall (earlier "step") and the eastern wall there was a dark burnt layer of packing material. This extended towards the middle of the basin. The basin measured 55cm X 54 cm. Further excavation showed that the lower floor plasterings and packings extended beyond this basin and into the east wall (unit 8144; F. 762), and into the niche (f. 768) in the east wall. The packing varied from light orange and soft (upper layers) to a more coarse, thicker, hard orange brown packing (lower level). All of the upper floor layers were removed. The early floor extended into the niche and to the north of the earlier floor plasterings and packings. After removing this fill from the basin in the corner between east and south wall and kitchen area, a small plaster step feature was clearly defined, a place where the lader was leaning on the south wall.
Note on: It does not allow to enter abuts to feature 1010, type step. It says that they are not in the same space. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| abuts: (Click to view the record) 637, 647 |
| adjacent to: (Click to view the record) 762, 763 |
| cut by: (Click to view the record) 168 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 1 |
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| Conservation Recorded: No |
Buildings: (Click to view the record)
| Spaces: (Click to view the record)
| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 23 (Click here to view unit list) |
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