Colluvium containing many residual artifacts that rapidly accumulated inside passageway in late 6th or early 7th century. Sparse intrusive artifacts of Middle-Late Byzantine date in upper level, probably introduced by recent agriculture.
Late 6th/early 7th century, with mostly Roman residue (1st-6th century)
Explanation of deposition
Massive, undifferentiated sediment in passageway between Wall A1 and cut-back outcropping of conglomerate bedrock on which Building A1 stands.
Soil matrix
Pale brown (10YR 6/3), dense, somewhat compact but increasing compaction to south with depth (Trench A-08-04), very fine sandy silt with few pebble inclusions but pockets of cobbles to boulders to north, spalled or eroded from conglomerate outcropping (Trench A-07-05). Lowest strip at base of wall A1 over bedrock (TRA0804-008) is very compact, hard, very fine, with chunks of hard clay, pebbles, and occasional chert nodules detaching from underlying bedrock.