Locus 008: Area A compact Surface
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Title
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Locus 008: Area A compact Surface
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Description
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Locus 008 is a compact surface and with a notable decrease in large flints and bone and likely represents that same living surface that Muheisen reported from his 1985 excavations in this area. This compact surface appears at 35 cm below the surface. This surface containing, again, lots of charcoal, articulated bone (but smaller), three mandibles (gazelle-sized), a notable shift from all types of flints to microliths (particularly the trapeze/rectangles). This locus also contained shell and one fragmented piece of incised stone. The compact surface of Locus 008 is found in all of the northern excavations units, but does not continue into the southwestern units exposed this year where the complicated sequence of postholes and hearths occur. Locus 008 contains very large pieces of flat-lying articulated bone and lithics. Beneath 008 is compact sediment with a high density of charcoal and flat-lying material similar to the sediment surrounding the lower hearth. This sediment needs to be explored further in upcoming seasons but appears to be a compact surface, possibly an ash dump.
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Creator
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Pre-Natufian
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Identifier
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KHIV.OS.14
