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VWB02
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Post date: 02/04/2015
This site consists of a lens of shell in the same context as VWB 1 in front of the proposed house #30. The shell lens is approximately 20-25cm thick lying below a sterile overburden. The shell lens appears to have been deposited on a harder soil unit (or a cemented sand body) which is being undercut by erosion and collapsing down slope. Pieces of stratified midden are found intact on these chunks on the lower dune slope. Shellfish species observed include Choromytilus meridionalis, Patella argenvillei, Patella granatina, Patella granularis, Patella barbara, Patella cochlear and Burnupena sp. The dominant species is not immediately evident but much of the shell is whole and well preserved. No artefactual material was observed amongst the eroded material.