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| Area: South |
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| Dug in Year: 1999 |
| Feature Type: partition |
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| Location: seperates the N + S of the eastern half of building 23 |
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| Grid X: 912.2 Grid Y: 968.86 |
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F528 was a pure clayey construction forming a low step-like partition seperating the northern and southern (clean and dirty) parts of the eastern half of space 178 / building 23. F.528 was a ong E-W oriented strip of clayey material which formed a a formal partition between the northern and southern halves of the eastern half of building 23 / space 178. It ran from wall F.467 to its east, to an earlier cut and stone cluster (F ) to the west. It is unlikely stratigraphically that the partition extended further to the west but it seems to have respected the location of this earlier feature. To the north it was overlain by a series of 'clean' floors (4504). To the south, it was overlain by a series of truncated floors, floor-make-up and occupation debris (4583). This suggests that it formally marked the area in the building for 'dirty' and 'clean' use. It appears to have been roughlt contemporary to the use of fire instalation F.529 on the southern wall of the building which is related to the same 'dirty' floor deposits.
It was made up of a central strip of dark grey / brown clay which was then 'grouted' into place using a bright orange/brown clay. This construction gives the partition its unusual profile in section (see above) so that the orange/brown clay appears to both overlie and underlie the grey-brown clay. The concentration of phytoliths + charcoal on the upper southern surface of the partition could have resulted from an irregularity in the clay matrix or treading on its dirtier side. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 1 |
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| Conservation Recorded: No |
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 2 (Click here to view unit list) |
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