Digital Object 2350
Description:
UE336. Post hole located on the SE flank of the bottom of tomb T7 that never fulfilled its function. This is one of the 27 post holes made at the bottom of pit UE277 at the time of the initial construction of tomb T7. These holes are lined up next to the base of the walls of the lower part of the tomb, and are distributed around the entire inner perimeter of the tomb at approximately regular intervals. It was completely excavated in the geological substratum of the area and was filled with one of the two oldest colmation fills, which ocurred during the temporary abandonment of the project (UE327). This shows that it forms part of the original design of tomb T7 and that no post was ever housed inside it, as the initial project remained unfinished. It is of circular shape in plan, slightly oval, and has a flat bottom and slightly sloping walls, which results an inverted truncated cone shape. Its fill (UE337) is equivalent to stratum UE327, with respect to which it is identical in colour, composition and texture. In addition, it lacks the characteristic reddish stain in the shape of a circular corona that has been interpreted, where it appears, as the residue left by the decomposition of a post in situ. This is the same for the fills of 14 other post holes in tomb T7 (holes UE nº 320, 322, 330, 332, 334, 336, 338, 340, 342, 344, 364, 366, 368 and 370). It seems clear, therefore, that these 14 holes were empty at the time of the formation of the oldest layers of colmation which occurred as a result of the temporary abandonment of pit UE277 (UE327 and UE328), and which then invaded the interior of the holes, this in turn shows that these holes dug in tomb T7 were never used.
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:
Cut, post hole
Stratigraphic unit (characteristics):
336
Digital Object 2350