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275?( M1746): This Context is composed of a homogeneous, minerogenic, very pale brown
silt loam, which includes a fine and medium sand component, and the remains of clean sand
laminae (Figs 1-2). It has a channel microstructure and a trace of very fine charcoal in
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<0.5mm-size patches was found. Occasional matrix void coatings and intercalations occur in
channels.
This appears to be a minerogenic fine soil of alluvial origin (2.7% LOI; Table 1). As
‘local’ soils found in the deposits elsewhere at the site are generally fine to coarse sands with
a gravel content, this silt loam was possibly imported and used for ground-raising here. Turf
has been commonly employed for constructions across northern Europe (Macphail et al.,
2013; Macphail and Goldberg, 2010; Milek, 2006).
