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Description

  • CH05SR0460
  • Gray/black ashy layer in NE and SW end of room 32
  • Two ashy patches, in the North and south of the room, separated by a bedrock ridge. The ashy deposits contain metallurgical debris inclusions, pottery, tile, and bone. The northern patch is approximately 60 cm in diameter and roughly circular, built up against a wall of the bedrock. The southern patch is roughly 1m by 1.5 m and contained similar finds. Soil is fine silt-loam, black. Same as CH04SR0460; see last year's context sheet for more details. In south-east half of the room almost non-existent over bedrock to center of the room deeper, cut hearth features in front of stairs in east corner.
  • Same context given to the fill of several discrete pits. Material appeared the same and isolation didn't seem necessary.
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Interpretation

    • Fill of bedrock and soil cuts with metallurgical debris rich material. Probably associated with a metal working phase of the room. The various pits, are filled with a very ashy material, rich in iron slag and objects. With the exception of Depression 2 (632) the feature fill is likely the remnants of several small scale iron working hearths. Layer which frequent small scale metalworking activities took place.
      • NK

Formation Processes

Faunal Assemblage

Total = 12
Total
Unidentifiable 3
Domestic Cattle 1
Mussels 1
Oyster 4
Domestic Sheep/Goat 3

Fish Species Assemblage

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Birds Species Assemblage

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Ceramic Assemblage

Total = 53
Total
Amphora 26
Cookware 8
Fineware 19
Total = 53
Total
Class 1 2
Class 2 ("carrot") 1
Class 3 (Zeest-100) 1
ADSV, type V 1
Class 12 (LRC 1-Riley) 2
Class 22 (Zeest-95; LRA 3-Riley) 1
Class 24 ("Black Sea" with rilled zones) 4
Class 41 5
Class 45 (Gunsenin-IV) 2
Class 52 4
Unidentified amphora 3
Cookware (type) 8
Unidentified plain fineware 16
Glazed White Ware IV (group 9, Yakobson) 1
Red-slip 1
Black gloss 1
Total = 53
Total
5th-7th c. AD 8
9th-11th c. AD 9
12th-13th c. AD 7
Roman (Ceramic date) 1
Hellenistic (Ceramic date) 1

Linked Special Finds

Linked Samples

  • Sample: CH05SR_299
    • Palaeobotanical sample from room 32
  • Sample: CH05SR_300
    • Palaeobotanical sample from room 32
  • Sample: CH05SR_321
    • Metallurgical sample from room 32

Botanical Assemblage

Botany Type Total
Euphorbia helioscopia 1
Sambucus nigra 2
Secale cereale 1

Skeletal Remains

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Microwear Analysis

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Recording Sheet

Date

Record Status Flags

  • on/off_switch
  • on/off_switch

Events

  • Excavator
    • NK
    Date Excavated
    25-7-2005
  • Verified by
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  • Entered By
    • NK

Spatial Data

Site Photos

  • Site Photo: CH05SR_451
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    • SE part of room 32
  • Site Photo: CH05SR_452
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    • S corner of room 32 with small pieces of iron on the floor

Sketches

Linked GeoPhotos

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Linked Drawings

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Linked TopoSurfaces

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PhotoModeler Projects

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