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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2005 |
| Feature Type: niche/recess |
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| Location: northwest corner of space 269 |
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| Grid X: 1042.75 Grid Y: 1152.5 |
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Cache of ground sone objects, larg bones (including a mandible) and a flint core located between west wall (2117), norhern partition wall (feature 2114) and small partition wall (part of feature 2117). Is in northwest corner of building 57, space 269. Eastern edge is bounded by plaster ledge/partiion. A small bead was also found.
DISCUSSION:
Small niche between wallls may have bee plastered over at one point (plastered edge was several cm in height). Fill was rich in organic material. Excavation commenced as part of unit 12124, stopped, and was assigned unit number 12129 when it became clear that deposit was a cluster and probably intentional. Finds were given x find numbers so they could be linked with earlier finds from 12124.
Finds include worked stone "loom weight", large mandible (34 cm max length), flint core. Some finds were on/below plaster ledges attached to the various walls. "Loom weight" was underneath a ledge in the undercut area. Three to four ledges were present, still attached to the wall and continuous with the wall plaster. These might have been shelves. We guess that this deposit may represent part of the "domestic tool kit" (?)
Speculation: plaster ledge may represent edge to which late floors were laid, leaving basin area behind it. Top of ledge might have been associated with late floor which was destroyed prior to infilling or during the process. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| adjacent to: (Click to view the record) 2150 |
| bonded with: (Click to view the record) 2114, 2117 |
| cuts: (Click to view the record) 2117 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 0 |
| Conservation Recorded: No |
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 2 (Click here to view unit list) |
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