Site 2, Unit 1: Layer 1:2



Site 2

Group W

Unit 1

Layer 1:2

None

Feb. 20, 2019

The matrix remained a reddish-brown colour (2.5YR 4/4) in 1:2 (Fig. 30). The surface of 1:2 revealed the presence of two ceramic scatters, one near the west baulk comprising a 15 x 10 cm stone (cat. 35) with sherds strewn about which was labelled as 1:2 Feature 1 (cat.s 18, 19) and deeper in the feature a near complete ceramic vessel (cat. 36) with a stone place atop it. Forty cm east of this feature a fragment of worked sandstone was uncovered. To the southeast of jar #0022 another scatter of sherds was uncovered and labelled as 1:2 Feature 2 (these sherds were labelled as belonging to cat. 12). 1:2 Feature 3, a scatter of 33 sherds (cat. 21), was found to the south of the sandstone disc (006) in NE corner of Unit 1 in 1:2. Disc 006 (Fig. 9) was removed from the unit and this was revealed to be decorated on the underside with concentric circles in circular pyramidal shape. The disc has been damaged sometime in the past with some of the carved circle is broken off. This damage predates Colani’s visit to the site as her photograph illustrates the disc in a similar condition. The matrix beneath Disc 006 revealed the presence of fragments of degraded limestone. A charcoal sample was taken from immediately below the disc (cat. 22). Another charcoal sample was taken from 1:1 Feature 2 which was an elongated piece of sandstone and another (cat. 24) from 1:2 just west-southwest of jar #0022.


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