Short Description:
Clay cap of funerary urn
Issued to
Maiya Pina-Dacier | 03/10/2016
Interpretation
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- Silty clay used to cap the urn presumably to prevent the contents spilling out when it was inverted. There was a significant change in the firmness of the compaction when the pot was excavated indicating that the cap was packed down and then deliberately left to dry before inversion
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- Stuart Noon
- 27-10-2016
Sketch Photo
Description
- Very compact
- mid reddish brown
- sandy silt
- moderate occurence of small sub-angular stones, and occasional small subrounded stone. Plus, occasional cremated bone, which may have come from surrounding soil as it is at the interface between natural and cap
- Length 0.381m Width 0.420m Depth N/A
- Leaf trowel, bamboo tool Controlled conditions in a lab
Finds
Feature
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Feature: BLS_302
- Bronze age cremation burial with urn
Record Details
- Maiya Pina-Dacier 3-10-2016
- 22-2-2017