During the 16th century a hard layer of compacted clay and crushed shells formed over the ship, stabilizing the site and sealing the Tudor-era deposits.

This group's structures were built using a different method from those in the Central Group, and were made out of compacted clay without stone construction or facing.

The retaining face of the terrace was built of compacted clay during the Late Preclassic and represented an enormous inversion of labour.

The mosque's foundation and structure was constructed using bricks and compacted clay.

She could sense Farinelli's scream, and her back bouncing against another mount, and then the compacted clay of the road.

A lump of compacted clay sped like a cannonball directly at the spot where Butler's head had been barely a second previously.

The pavement was made up of a layer of very compacted clay.

This final version was built up by using layers of compacted clay separated by thin layers of sand and soft clay.

Soil textures range from coarse, rocky gravels to fine, compacted clays.

Excavations revealed that the ramp was built of compacted clay and that the pyramid was packed with unworked stones.