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Locus 12- Feature 74

Feature 74 was a tent cellar.  However, the size and the artifact quantities suggest a deposition history different than that of Feature 73. The lower strata are mostly composed of metal associated with architecture. There were few food related or domestic artifacts present. The frequency of artifacts change higher in the feature, but food related artifacts were still not as abundant as in Feature 73. The low proportion of domestic to architectural goods in Feature 74 suggests a possible single dumping episode of architectural material after the massacre. Following the massacre the cellars acted as a read-made pit for dumping trash. This cellar became the dumping area for the refuse from the tent associated with this cellar as well as surrounding tents. 

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