Subgroup Narrative Text
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- Forming the earliest back fill of quarry pit [639], (642) was a very organic rich clayey silt deposit that had created conditions conducive to very good preservation of organic material. This was particularly notable with the large amounts of worked leather recovered from the excavation of the deposit. This was frequently in the form of shoes and cobblers waste. This has been dated to the late Medieval to Early Post Medieval period. This was sampled as sample number <11>. This context was recorded as being equal to (104) from the evaluation.
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- Chaz Morse
- 6-7-2011
Dating Narrative
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- This artifact rich back fill yielded 54 pot sherds, 45 of which were dated to 1480-1550AD, and 11 of which were dated to 1400-1500AD, and these are seen as residual. The well preserved leather material recovered from this deposit has also been dated to c.1480AD.
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- Chaz Morse
- 6-7-2011