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Interpretation

- Interpretation surface? natural accumulation during abandonment?
- Interpreted by
  - Meg Andrews
- Interpreted on 22-6-2010

Stratigraphic Relationships

- VM_4104
  Cuts
- VM_4395
  Covers
- VM_4401
  Abuts
- VM_4402
  Cuts
- VM_4477
  Cuts
- VM_4484
  Abuts
- VM_4485
  Abuts
- VM_4486
  Abuts
- VM_4495
  Cuts
- VM_4497
  Cuts
- VM_4544
  Cuts
- Edit
- VM_4470
- Abuts
  VM_4461
- Abuts
  VM_4493
- Covers
  VM_4503
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Site Photo

Site Photo VM_1313
Site Photo VM_1347

Description

Criteria of Distinctioncolor, compaction, contents
Excavation Techniquepick, trowel
Dimensionsall of corridor II
Compositionsilty sand
Colourblack
Compactionhard-medium
State of Conservationgood
Formationartificial
Geological Components
Organic Components
Artificial Components
Descriptionclean black sandy silt of medium-hard compaction within corridor II of BII
Observationsextraordinarily clean fill and deep black color seem to suggest abandonment layer
Chronological Elements
Palaeobotanical elements
Period
Phase
Stratigraphic Reliabilitygood

Ceramic Inventory

Spot-dating Notes

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Basic Information

Definitionblack soil beneath 4395 in corridor II of B2

Plan

Plan VM_501

Record Details

Director
- Lisa Fentress
Supervisor
- Meg Andrews
Date of Excavation 21-6-2010
Issued to Meg Andrews
Issued on 18-6-2010

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Fentress, E., Goodson, C., Maiuro, M., Andrews, M., Dufton, J.A. (eds.) 2016. Villa Magna: an Imperial Estate and its Legacies. Excavations 2006–2010. British School at Rome, Rome.

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