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Interpretation

- Interpretation Destruction deposit
- Interpreted by
  - Seth Bernard
- Interpreted on 22-7-2009

Stratigraphic Relationships

- VM_6263
- Cuts
  VM_6260
- Covers
  VM_6275
- Fills
  VM_6277
- Covers
  VM_6285
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Description

Criteria of Distinctioncolor, compaction
Excavation Techniquebobcat, pick
Dimensionswidth of trench
Compositionsandy clay
Colouryellow-brown
Compactionvery compact
State of Conservationmedium
Formationman-made
Geological Componentslarge rubble
Organic Components
Artificial Componentsdestroyed building material, ceramic, bronze, glass; green glass mosaic tessarae; porphyry fragment
DescriptionVery compact layer sitting on the cut area of E-W wall SU 6259 and on top of pavement SU 6278. Excavated with bobcat; very clayey especially at bottom.
Observationsdifficult to define limit to north of wall
Chronological Elementspottery
Palaeobotanical elements
Period
Phase
Stratigraphic Reliabilitymedium

Ceramic Inventory

Date Range

400 AD - 500 AD

Spot-dating NotesLate Roman amphora II, Late Roman amphora III

	Total fragments
Roman- African Red Slip	1
Roman- Coarse Wares	6
Roman- African Cooking Wares	3
Roman- Cooking Wares	15
Roman- Amphorae	2

Basic Information

DefinitionYellow clayey destruction layer

Objects

Object VM_O978
- Images
- DefinitionHook?

Glass

Glass VM_G300
- Illustrations

Record Details

Director
- Lisa Fentress
Supervisor
- Seth Bernard
Date of Excavation 20-7-2009
Issued to Tyler Franconi
Issued on 22-7-2009

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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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