Nonstructure 602, extramural surface

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Pit: slab-lined (Feature 1) Top of page
General description
Possible slab-lined pit on an extramural surface.
Use history
Possible pit might have been slab-lined, then filled with sandstone rocks after it was no longer being used.
Associated features
Excavation procedure
Recorded in provenience data, which are available through the "Field Data: Provenience Data" query in the multisite research database.
Portion excavated
Only the portion within the excavation unit; feature continues outside the unit to the north and the west.
Horizontal location
Located in the northwest corner of a 2 x 1 excavation unit; north of the roomblock in Architectural Block 600.
Vertical location
Prehistoric ground surface (about 1.25 m below modern ground surface}.
Construction
If this was originally a slab-lined pit, the pit would have been excavated into fill and lined with sandstone slabs.
Remodeling/ modification
No
Thermal alteration
No
Sooting
No
Sealed
No
Preservation
Poor.
Degree of preservation
If this was a slab-lined pit originally, the walls have collapsed (feature was first described as a pile of rubble).
Shape in plan view
Actual:  unknown.
Inferred:  basin-shaped.
Shape in cross section
Actual:  unknown.
Inferred:  unknown.
Shape comments
Dimensions
 
Actual
Complete?
Inferred
Comments
Length
46
No
North-south.
Width
40
No
East-west.
Height
No
Depth
39
No
Field map 153.
Stratigraphy
Stratum
Interpretation
Inclusions
Disturbance
Color
Texture
1
Unclear from portion exposed--stones fill the pit, but also continue above the pit, as though after use more rocks were piled into the pit, or as though a nearby masonry structure collapsed into the depression
Abundant rocks