VSF 2010 Report - Nabo

69-82 cm peat ash and charcoal, compact and clean
82-101 cm same as above
101- 116 cm wet organic layer, dark brown, traces of unburnt bone (bone butter)
#10 0-21 cm top soil
21-25 cm subsoil
25-34 cm medium brown silty layer with traces of charcoal, wood and bone
fragment
34-42 cm same as above
42-51 cm wet turfy layer with charcoal bits
51-62 cm light brown silt compact and wet with traces of birch wood and
charcoal, bone butter
62-80 cm same as above
80-90 cm layers of charcoal and peat ash, possible bone butter
90-119 cm laminated layers of peat ash, charcoal and medium brown silt, wet.
5 #11 0-18 cm top soil
18-23 cm subsoil
23-28 cm turfy layer with charcoal ,compact and dry
28-33 cm wet reddish turf, traces of charcoal, burnt bones (minimal)
33-35 cm same as above
35 cm stone
#12 0-16 cm top soil and subsoil
16-22 cm turfy layer with charcoal ,compact and dry
22 cm Stone
#13 0-13 cm top soil and subsoil
13 cm stone
#14 0-26 cm topsoil
26-35 cm subsoil
35-46 cm same as above
46-57 cm laminated reddish brown and light brown turf
57 cm stone
#15 0-17 cm topsoil, dry
17-23 cm subsoil, dry
23-32 cm dry silty layer with traces of charcoal
32-35 cm same as above
35 cm stone
Table 2. Coring results from Vatnsfjarðasel
Date: 17/08/2010 cloudy Init.: C.D.-H. & Ó. G.
Transect # Core # Layer thickness Description
1 #1 0-23 cm top\subsoil, wet and organic
23-32 cm turf mixed with topsoil, medium brown, wet and compact
32-39 cm red brown turf, wet, soft, traces of charcoal
39-51 cm same as above
51-55 cm light to medium brown turf gravel, burnt bones and NO
charcoal
55-63 cm reddish brown turf, traces of charcoal, wet
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