Structure 207, masonry surface structure

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Features

Niche (Feature 1) Top of page
General description
Wall niche.
Use history
Function unknown.
Associated features
None.
Excavation procedure
Recorded in provenience data, which are available through the "Field Data: Provenience Data" query in the multisite research database.
Portion excavated
All.
Horizontal location
West wall.
Vertical location
Unclear: Field notes/map show base as 56 cm above "subfloor sterile," but there is no sterile documented for this structure. Probably means 56 cm above clean construction fill (Stratum 4, PD 341) or unmodified bedrock (Surface 3, PD 477).
Construction
The sides of the niche are formed by the blocks of the compound masonry room wall. Both the lintel and the sill are single shaped sandstone slabs. The back wall is simply a block built into the room wall.
Remodeling/ modification
No
Thermal alteration
Not Recorded
Sooting
Not Recorded
Sealed
No
Preservation
Excellent.
Degree of preservation
Shape in plan view
Actual:  unknown.
Inferred: 
Shape in cross section
Actual:  rectangular.
Inferred: 
Shape comments
Dimensions
 
Actual
Complete?
Inferred
Comments
Length
No
Not applicable.
Width
13
Yes
Height
10
Yes
Depth
16
Yes
Stratigraphy
Stratum
Interpretation
Inclusions
Disturbance
Color
Texture
1
Postabandonment, natural, erosional (wind- and water-deposited).
Charcoal.
Not recorded.
Brown red.
Silt loam.