Koutsongila Stratum C2 [permalink]
Type
Deposit or Stratum
Published as
Rife2022a, pp. 180-182
Chronology comment
Recent and ongoing formation with much residue of all periods, mostly Roman.
Explanation of deposition
Colluvium from topsoil down to bedrock and sparse patches of earlier colluvium (Stratum C1) accumulated across central slope. Contains residual earlier material and material representing activity throughout Byzantine to Modern era.
Soil matrix
Heterogeneous but predominantly brown to light yellowish brown (10YR 4/3, 5/3, 5/8, 6/3, 6/4) with sparse pockets of pink, gray, and olive, somewhat to very loose, silty sand with many rocks from pebbles to small boulders (1-20 cm range). Circular patch of fine ash with burned animal bones south of Building C1 represents recent campfire.
Stratigraphic associations
TRC0705-001 [north of Tomb 10]=(TRC0806-002+TRC0806-003) [south of Building C1]=((TRC0807-001+TRC0807-10)/(TRC0807-002+TRC0807-012)) [northwest-west of Building C1]=(TRC0702-002=TRC0703-002) [central slope]=(TRC0701-001/TRC0701-003) [around Tomb 10]=(TRC0704-002/TRC0704-003/(TRC0704-008+TRC0704-009+TRC0704-010)) [southeast of Tomb 10]=((TRC0908-002+TRC0908-004)/(TRC0908-003+TRC0908-005)) [around Tomb 2]=L238-001 [52 m due north of Tr. C-07/08-05]
Linked to

Locus TRC0701-001

Locus TRC0701-003

Locus TRC0702-002

Locus TRC0703-002

Locus TRC0704-002

Locus TRC0704-003