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FIELD PHOTOGRAPHS

CLAY FLOOR (TYA 281: 115)

Type: Clay floor (unit 4071)

Site: Raisio, Ihala, Mulli abode.

Period: Viking Age / Crusade Age / Early Middle Ages.

Dating: 980-1220 A.D.

Photographer: Taina Pietikäinen.

Direction of photography: From west.

Behind the clay floor a plank-floor hallway is visible which led into a room with clay floor. Similar building plans are known in Novgorod of the 13th century. The clay floor of Mulli has been 5.0 m x 5.5 m and with the hallway, 7.0 m x 5.0 m.

Sources:

• Khoroshev & Solnkin 1992.
• Vuorinen 1997.

Other related topics:

• Building
• Buildings
• Strucutres

Coordinates: x=96-101, y=504-509.

Map: 96/108.

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