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Stratigraphy — archaeological trench

Layer-by-layer trench section.

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Trench A — west sectionTopsoilModern0.00 mDisturbed fill0.30 mRoman floorC2 CE0.80 mIron Age middenC5 BCE0.95 mBronze Age1.35 mNatural1.95 m2.95 m502 years missing6 layers, 2.95 m, and the contacts this could check are the right way up — but 3 layers of the 6 carr…3 layers of the 6 carry no `age` — `Disturbed fill`, `Bronze Age`, `Natural`. Superposition is transitive, so the l…502 years are missing between `Iron Age midden` and `Roman floor`: the lower layer ends long before the upper one b…

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title "Trench A — west section"
type column
layer "Topsoil"           thickness 0.30 color "#6b4423" age "Modern"
layer "Disturbed fill"    thickness 0.50 color "#9b6a3a"
layer "Roman floor"       thickness 0.15 color "#dca56a" age "C2 CE"
layer "Iron Age midden"   thickness 0.40 color "#7c5a32" age "C5 BCE"
layer "Bronze Age"        thickness 0.60 color "#9d7c4a"
layer "Natural"           thickness 1.00 color "#cbd5e1"