Description:
UE326. Fill on the bottom of burial pit UE325, in tomb T7. It was composed of very dark grayish-brown earth with reddish and blackish shades, generated by the natural presence of iron oxides and by the very high proportion of decomposed organic matter contained in the sediment, in which the presence of medium grain sands is also observed. It had a compact texture and a high degree of plasticity, which was manifested in its high capacity to retain phreatic water. It included some nodules of greyish clay, several small pebbles in their natural state, and scattered nodules of charcoal, in some of which the veins of the original wood were still recognisable. It is a sealed layer of very high stratigraphic fidelity, given that it was identified with remarkable clarity during the archaeological excavation process. It has provided very few archaeological remains: just a few scattered ceramic fragments, and a block of fired clay. Its thickness was between 0.18 m at its northwestern end and 0.08 m at its southeastern end. The presence of a high proportion of organic matter in its composition is perhaps due to the fact that it absorbed most of the leachate from the decomposition of the bodies that made up burial 301, which was carried out on the surface of this sediment. Above UE324. Below UE301. Fills UE325.