Description
- CH05SR0461
- Brown earth packing in SE end of room 32
- Compact silt-loam with stone flecks. Included ceramics, tile, bone, wood, and glass. Sheds and tiles noted on edge. Compact fill of bedrock cuts, contains decayed bedrock, tiles, sherds, nails, bones, etc. Very hard, bonded to bedrock. 25-70 cm deep.
- Picked through lower levels for expediency. Took paleobotanical samples every 25 cm vertically.
- ceramics
Matrix
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CH05SR_460
Covers
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CH05SR_460
Covers
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CH05SR_531
Covers
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CH05SR_551
Cuts
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CH05SR_631
Cuts
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CH05SR_460
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Covers
CH05SR_999
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Same As
None linked.
Interpretation
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- Fill overlying bedrock in unit 32. Associated with activitied prior to context 354. Fill is on intentionally modified bedrock [unknown function]. Fill appears to be a single filling episode [presumably leveling]. This context has been dated to 10th c. and earlier based on ceramic finds.
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- NK
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- Of three coins, one is legible coin of Leo V (early 9th c.)
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- ATR
Formation Processes
Faunal Assemblage
Total = 574
Total | |
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Unidentifiable | 115 |
Domestic Pig | 14 |
beluga sturgeon | 1 |
carp-like fish | 1 |
Fish | 122 |
Scallop | 5 |
Bird | 13 |
Domestic Cattle | 23 |
Dog | 5 |
Domestic Goat | 3 |
Cockle family | 3 |
Cyprinoid | 6 |
Crab | 3 |
Dolphin | 1 |
Vineyard snail | 3 |
Mussels | 31 |
Oyster | 115 |
Domestic Sheep | 4 |
Domestic Sheep/Goat | 106 |
Fish Species Assemblage
Total = 95
Total | |
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Unidentified Fish | 52 |
Scophthalmus rhombus | 29 |
Liza sp. | 6 |
Cyprinidae | 1 |
Raja clavata | 7 |
Birds Species Assemblage
Total = 11
Total | |
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Coturnix coturnix | 1 |
Gallus gallus f. Domestica | 7 |
Phalacrocorax carbo | 1 |
Ceramic Assemblage
Total = 432
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Amphora | 293 |
Cookware | 49 |
Fineware | 90 |
Total = 432
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Heraklea | 1 |
Light clay (Shelov type) | 5 |
Red clay (Zeest 72) | 3 |
Class 1 | 54 |
Class 2 ("carrot") | 12 |
ADSV, type V | 27 |
Class 12 (LRC 1-Riley) | 59 |
Class 18 (with funnel rim) (LRA 2-Riley) | 6 |
Class 22 (Zeest-95; LRA 3-Riley) | 5 |
Class 24 ("Black Sea" with rilled zones) | 39 |
Class 41 | 53 |
Unidentified amphora | 29 |
Handmade cookware | 8 |
Wheelmade cookware | 41 |
Unidentified plain fineware | 71 |
Glazed White Ware II | 5 |
Red-slip | 12 |
Black gloss | 2 |
Total = 432
Total | |
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1st c. BC-2nd c. AD | 5 |
2nd-3rd c. AD | 3 |
5th-7th c. AD | 163 |
9th-11th c. AD | 97 |
Roman (Ceramic date) | 12 |
Hellenistic (Ceramic date) | 3 |
Linked Special Finds
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Special Find: CH05SR_2747
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Special Find: CH05SR_2843
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Special Find: CH05SR_2858
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Special Find: CH05SR_2863
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Special Find: CH05SR_2873
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Special Find: CH05SR_2876
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Special Find: CH05SR_2880
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Special Find: CH05SR_2973
Linked Samples
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Sample: CH05SR_324
- Palaeobotanical sample from room 32
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Sample: CH05SR_325
- Palaeobotanical sample from room 32
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Sample: CH05SR_329
- Palaeobotanical sample from room 32
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Sample: CH05SR_333
- Paleobotanical sample from room 32
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Sample: CH05SR_334
- Paleobotanical Sample from room 32
Botanical Assemblage
Botany Type | Total |
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Fumaria officinalis. | 3 |
Setaria glauca | 1 |
Ficus carica | 2 |
Triticum aestivum s.l. | 1 |
Skeletal Remains
- No attached items.
Microwear Analysis
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Microwear Record: CH05SR_S129
- Sheep/Goat
Record Status Flags
Events
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Excavator
- NK
Date Excavated
13-7-2005 -
Verified by
Verified on
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Entered By
- NK
Site Photos
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Site Photo: CH05SR_510
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Site Photo: CH05SR_511
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Site Photo: CH05SR_512
Sketches
- There are no files attached to this record yet.
Linked GeoPhotos
- No attached items.
Linked Drawings
- No attached items.
Linked TopoSurfaces
- No attached items.
PhotoModeler Projects
- No attached items.