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Interpretation

- Interpretation modern layer of rubble created for the levelling of the hill
- Interpreted by
  - Federica Pollari
- Interpreted on 25-6-2008

Stratigraphic Relationships

- VM_6058
  Covers
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- VM_6060
- Covers
  VM_6064
- Edit

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Description

Criteria of Distinctioncolor, consistency, composition
Excavation Techniquetrowel, pick, shovel
Dimensions
Compositionsandy and rubble clay
Colourvery dark brown
Compactionloose
State of Conservationpoor
Formationman-made
Geological Componentsstones
Organic Components
Artificial Componentstiles, mortar
DescriptionLayer of darker rubble in NE of trench. It appears to be a sandy clay layer very dark with many inclusions (stones, little tiles). Lumps of mortar, distinct from the yellow clay around.
Observationsappears in the NE corner of the trench, edges not defined due to the limits of the trench
Chronological Elements
Palaeobotanical elements
Period
Phase
Stratigraphic Reliability

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Basic Information

DefinitionLayer of darker rubble in NE of trench

Plan

Plan VM_63

Record Details

Director
- Lisa Fentress
Supervisor
- Janine Young
Date of Excavation 25-6-2008
Issued to Claudia Moser
Issued on 25-6-2008

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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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