Locus: R0003:007 Supervisor: J Miller
Locus type: Installation
Designation: Pit filled with stones
Start date: 23 Jun, 1987
End date: 30 Jun, 1987
Rationale
Reason: Very soft earth among stones
Top separation: Average / Bottom separation: Average

Interpretation:
Function: Prob locals digging for antiquities
Stratigraphy remarks: Part of topsoil
Locus Date: Modern


Description

Type

TYPE: (Qualifiers: CERT = Certain; PROB = Probable; POSS = Possible)
Certain: Pit

Description

Material:
Limestone Percent: 0
Bedrock Percent: 0
Ceramic Percent: 0
Mud Precent: 0
Nari Percent: 0
Plaster Percent: 0
Earth Quality 1: None
Earth Percent: 100
Stone Percent: 0
Other Percent: 0

Plan:
Plan Type: Circular

Lining: None

Plan:
Length: 0.8
Lower Width: 0.75
Upper Width: 0.0
Lower Height: 0.32
Upper Height: 0.0
Orientation: 0

Remarks: Pit contents had almost no earth; located at 26 with a bit of 25; surrounded by a slight depression in the earth

Stratigraphy remarks:



Levels

location top level bottom level
26 887.93 887.61
location grid
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36



Stratigraphy

type description related locus
Under Earth layer R0003:001
Cuts Earth layer R0003:004



Photos - Slideshow

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87C062306
Locus 1
23 Jun, 1987
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87C062307
Topsoil
23 Jun, 1987
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87C062403
Progress
24 Jun, 1987
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87C062503
Progress
25 Jun, 1987
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87C062602
Progress
26 Jun, 1987
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87C062604
Locus 8
26 Jun, 1987

Pottery Readings

There are no pottery readings for this locus

Objects

There are no objects for this locus