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- Interpretation The brown dirt seems to have acted as a levelling agent in preparation for a pavement.
- Interpreted by
  - Megan McNamee
- Interpreted on 2-7-2007
- Interpretation The brown dirt acts as a primary levelling agent in the pavement preparation system for (3035)= (3058) = (3019) = (3100).
- Interpreted by
  - Megan McNamee
- Interpreted on 27-7-2007

Criteria of Distinctioncolor, composition, compaction
Excavation Techniquetrowel, brush
Dimensionsdepth: min 0.04 m (variable)
Compositiondirt and pebbles with some larger inclusions
Colourdark brown
Compactionloose (compact in some areas of heavy traffic)
State of Conservationnot well preserved
Formationartificial
Geological Componentspebbles, purple clay, yellow clay
Organic Componentscarbon flecks, bones, earth
Artificial Componentscement chuncks, pieces of worked marble, fragments of ceramic, plaster bits, painted plaster bits, brick fragments
DescriptionThis layer is found throughout the chapel-extending from the east wall westward through the center of the chapel. It is deep in areas where the pavement 3127, 3128 was cut. It is also found in smaller amount over this pavement under the layers of yellow clay.
ObservationsSince it appears in so many areas throughout the chapel, this layer was not initially excavated as a single context. In the NE area of the chapel where it lay on top of 3128, it was not defined as its own context, but as part of the clay pack above and was partially removed before it could be recorded.
Chronological Elementsnone
Palaeobotanical elements
Period
Phase
Stratigraphic Reliabilitymediocre (see observations)