fee
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Post by fee on Oct 23, 2006 17:49:45 GMT 1
Deposit A is a pale clean floor deposit. Deposit B is is a pale ashy deposit over Deposit A. If there were (theoretically big) postholes in A, how difficult would it be to see/feel them.
I can rephrase the question if needed, but what I've put above is almost all the info I can get from the report (not original site report but I'm not reviewing that...).
Any opinions/help appreciated.
Ta folks, Fee
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Post by Pam on Oct 23, 2006 18:16:48 GMT 1
I would have thought a floor layer would be more compacted than ashy deposit B for a start but that may not be of consequence to answer the question. I think it would depend on the texture, colour and composition of the post-hole fill, rather than what A and B are like. And that would depend on at what level the post holes were cut, when they went out of use, whether the posts were removed or decomposed, what the ashy deposit was (eg. a levelling layer filling the post holes and covering the floor maybe) etc. That information is not given in the statement above unfortunately ! Of course I might be talking complete rubbish as I've not been digging for a while and might be a bit out of practice !
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Post by Toby on Oct 23, 2006 20:26:11 GMT 1
Fee,
Following on from what Pam suggested.....
If the ph were cut through the floor deposits A and then backfilled with something of a less compacted nature before B was deposited it should be very easy to find them.
The compaction of the ph backfill is likely to be less compacted and will have sunk to leave little depressions where they were - B may hide this but it would have to be very thick and or compacted for this not to be the case.
You will start to get strat muddles if the floor A formed around the posts whilst standing... but we won't go into that.
(You could always ask Ben and then blame him if it is wrong!!!)
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fee
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Post by fee on Oct 24, 2006 10:14:09 GMT 1
Having not gone to the primary site report I don't have any more information than I gave above. But I think it will be incomprehensible as the author is a bit odd. What you've said is more or less what I was thinking about the strat and deposits.
In fairness it's only a 650 word review of a chapter full of excuses and paranoia...joy.
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