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| Area: North |
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| Dug in Year: 2000 |
| Feature Type: platform |
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| Location: Eastern end of Sp.87 |
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| Grid X: 1051.42 Grid Y: 1182.57 |
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This is the area excavated by the BACH team in 2002. Although at least two plaster floors were excavated in this feature (burial platform) as described in the BACH report, the feature sheet was completely void as of August 2013. The same situation applies to the units of floors and make-up mentioned in the report. Therefore, I cannot be sure about what was lying on top of this feature before my arrival this season.
I started works in this eastern part of Space 87 by removing the eroded make-up units 30596 and 30109 in the N end of this area. The fragments of plaster that I found seemed to indicate that this NE corner was plastered, probably constituting an extension to the N or a levelling episode of platform F.638.
I then removed U.30114, white plaster floors. The thickness of this unit varies from 1cm to the north to 6cm in the SE corner of the building, indicating multiple layers of re-plastering. Very small fragments of red paint were found in the E and W edges of the feature, evidence of at least one plastering event involving painting.
Under this layer lies U.30140, an heterogeneous infill patch that is on top of another plaster unit (ca.1-2cm depth), 30172. This patchy infill could be thus interpreted as an attempt to raise the height of the platform, which was sinking in the center due to the burial cuts.
Under this second layer of plaster lies U.30178, to be excavated next season. Clearly identifiable in the burial cut, this unit is a clayish deposit that constitutes the base for the platform, going deep into the stratigraphic sequence.
This platform feature, on top of which sits lip F.7303, seems to be earlier than the adjacent platform F.7114 to the west. |
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| In situ Conservation: No |
| Lifted: No |
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| Feature Relationships: |
| below: (Click to view the record) 7303 |
| bonded with: (Click to view the record) 7114 |
| incorporates: (Click to view the record) 7304 |
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| Number of Related Diary Entries: 1 |
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| Conservation Recorded: No |
| Related Photos: 9 (Opens as a group in a new window) | Buildings: (Click to view the record)
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| | No. Of Units in this Feature: 10 (Click here to view unit list) |
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