Pit filed with burnt remains of roasting pit, possible "feasting" remains.
From Archive Report 2007:
The abandonment phase of Space 17 was represented by an oval post retrieval pit F.2822. The pit (15051) contained a primary soft brown fill (15082), a secondary dark grey fill (15072), and a final fill loose ashy fill (15050). All three fills contained significant quantities of charcoal, animal bone and fire-cracked rocks. There was however, no evidence of in-situ burning and this material was re-deposited, possibly from a cooking installation. The bone did not consist of the large, high yield limbs normally associated with ‘feasting’ deposits, but this feature does appear to have been deliberately deposited. This impression is
reinforced by the presence of a large horn core, 15036.X1, directly on top of the tertiary fill.
The post retrieval pit was sealed by firm mid brown clay silt (15036) with frequent crushed mud brick inclusions, which possibly represents the backfilling of Space 17. This was in turn sealed by the same loose excavation spoil (15015), which was recorded in Trench 1. |
