Site 1, Unit 4: Layer 1:4



Site 1

Group 2

Unit 4

Layer 1:4

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In cleaning down the surface of 1:4 two new features were revealed (Fig. 15). 1:4 F1 was located in the east baulk near the southeast corner of the unit (between Jars 01020130 and 01020131) adjacent to the broken sandstone disc. The circular feature, probably representing a pit, was visible due to a differentiation in soil texture (fine gravel). Four bronze bells (cat. 467), a bronze bangle (cat. 473) and a clay bead (cat. 468), were recovered from the context of this feature. The other feature in this spit, 1:4 F2, was also on the east baulk near the northeast corner of the unit and comprised three pieces of limestone protruding from the baulk. The soil in this area was of a slightly different colour (5YR 4/4) to the surrounding matrix and within the feature ceramic sherds were found (cat. 469). The soil is only very slightly different from the surrounding matrix. In F2, beneath a fist-sized piece of limestone, some poorly preserved bone was encountered and some earthenware ceramic sherds (cat. 486). There appeared to be another feature contained within 1:4 F2 and this was labelled as 1:4 F3.


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