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Interpretation

- Interpretation Fill for drain 6106
- Interpreted by
  - Dirk Booms
- Interpreted on 13-12-2010

Stratigraphic Relationships

- VM_6105
  Covers
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- VM_6107
- Fills
  VM_6106
- Covers
  VM_6109
- Edit

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Description

Criteria of Distinctioncompaction, color, inclusions
Excavation Techniquepick, trowel
Dimensions
Compositionsandy clay
Colourdark gray becoming browner at bottom
Compactionfriable
State of Conservationgood
Formationartificial
Geological Componentsrocks at top
Organic Componentsroots, especially within wall 6069, where there were many large roots
Artificial Components
Descriptionfill for drain 6106
ObservationsFriable at top, becoming denser clay at bottom. North end of trench had hard clay at bottom. South end had white sand at bottom.
Chronological Elements
Palaeobotanical elements
Period
Phase
Stratigraphic Reliability

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Basic Information

Definitionfill for drain 6106

Plan

Plan VM_138
Plan VM_183

Record Details

Director
- Lisa Fentress
Supervisor
- Dirk Booms
Date of Excavation 29-7-2008
Issued to Dirk Booms
Issued on 30-7-2008

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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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