VSF 2010 Report - Nabo

the structure dry by digging down the floor level to the underlying, well-drained beach
gravels, and by creating an air hole in the eastern wall to promote a draught.
Structure 5
The floor deposit in Structure 5, unit [6021], was excavated and sampled in 2006. This very
thin floor, little more than a black stain over a thin podzol, was very difficult to extract an
undistrubed block sample from due the undlerlying gravel. A Kubiena tin was pressed into the
top of the exposed floor surface, and was sand was packed into the top of the tin to prevent
disturbance during transport.
Structure 5
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a
b
Figure 4. (a) Structure 5 at the
end of the excavation, showing
the location of sample VSF06-
129, next to the central flat
stone, where the floor layer was
thickest; (b) Structure 5 facing
E, showing floor [6021] prior to
sampling. The grinding stone is
visible on the right (south) side
of the building.
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