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Digital Object 2332
Description:
UE316-UE317. Post impression on the NE flank of tomb T7. To the S of UE285. Associated with post hole UE378. It consists of a stain in the shape of a circular corona, more or less centred on the greyish fill inside post hole UE378, and is made up of very fine grained reddish clay soil with a soapy texture. This ring of reddish sediment had a wide vertical development and displayed continuity across several different strata. This allows it to be interpreted as the residue left by the decomposition of a post in situ. Its singular configuration and dimensions suggest the possibility that it corresponds to the decomposition of bamboo canes. It forms part of a set of 13 posts perimetrically placed against the walls of the interior vessel of pit UE277. The main purpose of these posts was to prevent the collapse of the pit walls, which had been carved into the unstable geological sediment. It fills UE378. UE316=UE317.
Excavation campaign:
 
2015
Record type:
 
Stratigraphic unit register
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Archaeological site:
 
El Caño
Operation:
 
Operation 1
Stratigraphic group:
 
Tomb 7
Stratigraphic unit type:
 
Framework
Stratigraphic unit (characteristics):
 
316-317
Digital Object 2332
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