| STRATUM |
DEPTH |
DESCRIPTION |
HORIZON |
COLOR |
|
6 |
0-55 cm |
A |
10YR 5/3
-10YR 5/4 |
Brown fine silty loam, loosely consolidated in the upper levels, denser in lower levels, with evidence of bioturbation. (fluvial deposit) |
|
5 |
15-93 cm |
B |
10YR 6/1
-10YR 5/1 |
Homogeneous grey ashy loam, loosely packed, very fine texture, fine quartz inclusions with the consistency of talc, and artifact and shell remains in the upper-
most levels of the stratum. (Living
Floor 2) (ethnostratigraphic) |
|
4 |
36-92 cm |
C |
10YR 8/3 |
White dune sand, finely textured very loosely consolidated, with calcium carbonate inclusions in the upper levels. (eolian deposit) |
|
3 |
78-145 cm |
Bwn |
7.5YR 6/4
-7.5YR 7/4 |
Pink quartz sand finely textured well consolidated, free of inclusions. (Living Floor 1) (ethnostratigraphic) |
|
2 |
64-134 cm |
Bwk |
2.5Y 8/6
-2.5Y 8/8 |
Yellow sand finely textured, loosely consolidated, with calcium carbonate small pebble inclusions (3 mm-1 cm) (eolian deposit) |
|
1 |
97-cm |
C |
5Y 8/2
-5Y 8/4 |
Olive white sand, finely textured, moderately packed, with small
(3 mm-2 cm) beach pebbles and calcium carbonate inclusions (fluvial deposit) |
|
6a |
5-28 cm |
Ap |
10YR 8/2
-10YR 8/3 |
Fine white ash with carbon inclusions. A substratum is a result of recent agricultural activity (ethnostratigraphic) |
|
5a |
6-72 cm |
Bwt |
10YR 8/1
-10YR 8/4, |
Densely packed pale white clay fine textured, free of inclusions, hard and densely packed. Represents a prepared clay surface. (ethnostratigraphic) |
| 5b |
65-80 cm |
Bw |
10YR 3/6
-10YR 4/2 |
Dark brown ashy loam finely textured, the result of post- depositional weathering and decomposition of Stratum 5. (ethnostratigraphic) |
|
5c |
57-74 cm |
|
various |
Animal burrow |
|
4a |
37-45 cm |
Bk1 |
10YR 7/4 |
Very pale brown, extremely hard calcrete conglomerate, calcrete sand with no sublayers identified in profile, some inclusions. (post- depositional weathering) |
|
3a |
57-145 cm |
Bk2 |
10YR 6/4 |
Light yellowish brown, extremely hard calcrete nodules high clay fraction. (post-depositional weathering) |
|
1a |
57-68 cm |
Bt |
5Y 6/4 |
Shell lag deposit, hard yellow olive clay finely textured with shells inclusions throughout. (eroded deposit) |
|
1b |
65-82 cm |
Bg |
2.5Y 6/8 |
Light olive yellow clay finely textured with organic nodules, high clay fraction, and shell inclusions on the bedding plane. (eroded deposit) |
|
1c |
45-150 cm |
Bt |
10YR 8/3 |
Fine fraction white clay with extensive small to medium sized beach pebble inclusions. (eroded deposit) |
|
1d |
57-145 cm |
Bk3 |
10YR 6/4 |
Light yellowish brown, extremely hard calcrete conglomerate made up of calcified sand, no inclusions, but nodules and internodular fillings. (post-depositional weathering) |
|
1e |
57-145 cm |
Bk4 |
2.5YR 5/4 |
Reddish brown, extremely hard calcrete internodular, filling has a relatively high clay fraction.
(post-depositional weathering) |
