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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

  • Same As

    None linked.

Interpretation

    • 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.
      • NK
    • Of three coins, one is legible coin of Leo V (early 9th c.)
      • ATR

Formation Processes

Faunal Assemblage

Total = 574
Total
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
Faunal Species Part Age Sex Faunal Count
Domestic Sheep/Goat Vertebrae 24
Domestic Sheep/Goat Upper Teeth 3
Domestic Sheep/Goat Ulna 1
Domestic Sheep/Goat Tibia Distal Juvenile 1
Domestic Sheep/Goat Third Phalange 1
Domestic Sheep/Goat Skull Facial Parts 5
Domestic Sheep/Goat Skull Brain Parts 3
Domestic Sheep/Goat Second Phalange Juvenile 1
Domestic Sheep/Goat Scapula 4
Domestic Sheep/Goat Ribs 28
Domestic Sheep/Goat Radius Proximal 1
Domestic Sheep/Goat Pelvis 5
Domestic Sheep/Goat Mtt Shaft 1
Domestic Sheep/Goat Mtt Proximal 4
Domestic Sheep/Goat Mpp Juvenile 6
Domestic Sheep/Goat Mandible 6
Domestic Sheep/Goat Lower Teeth 7
Domestic Sheep/Goat Humerus Shaft 1
Domestic Sheep/Goat First Phalange 1
Domestic Sheep/Goat Femur Shaft 1
Domestic Sheep/Goat Femur Proximal Juvenile 1
Domestic Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1
Domestic Sheep Second Phalange 2
Domestic Sheep First Phalange 2
Oyster 115
Mussels 31
Vineyard snail 3
Dolphin Vertebrae 1
Crab 3
Cyprinoid 6
Cockle family 3
Domestic Goat Second Phalange 1
Domestic Goat First Phalange 2
Dog Skull Facial Parts 1
Dog Ribs 3
Dog Fibula 1
Domestic Cattle Vertebrae 3
Domestic Cattle Skull Brain Parts 2
Domestic Cattle Second Phalange 1
Domestic Cattle Scapula 2
Domestic Cattle Ribs 12
Domestic Cattle Mandible 1
Domestic Cattle Horn core Female 1
Domestic Cattle Carpal/Tarsal 1
Bird 13
Scallop 5
Fish 122
carp-like fish 1
beluga sturgeon 1
Domestic Pig Astragalus 2
Domestic Pig Calcaneous 1
Domestic Pig Lower Teeth 3
Domestic Pig Mandible 1
Domestic Pig Mpp Juvenile 1
Domestic Pig MtcWhole Juvenile 1
Domestic Pig Radius Shaft 1
Domestic Pig Scapula 2
Domestic Pig Ulna Adult 1
Domestic Pig Ulna Juvenile 1
Unidentifiable 115

Fish Species Assemblage

Total = 95
Total
Unidentified Fish 52
Scophthalmus rhombus 29
Liza sp. 6
Cyprinidae 1
Raja clavata 7

Birds Species Assemblage

Total = 11
Total
Coturnix coturnix 1
Gallus gallus f. Domestica 7
Phalacrocorax carbo 1

Ceramic Assemblage

Total = 432
Total
Amphora 293
Cookware 49
Fineware 90
Total = 432
Total
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
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

Linked Samples

  • Sample: CH05SR_324
    • Palaeobotanical sample from room 32
  • Sample: CH05SR_325
    • Palaeobotanical sample from room 32
  • Sample: CH05SR_329
    • Palaeobotanical sample from room 32
  • Sample: CH05SR_333
    • Paleobotanical sample from room 32
  • Sample: CH05SR_334
    • Paleobotanical Sample from room 32

Skeletal Remains

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Microwear Analysis

Recording Sheet

Record Status Flags

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Events

  • Excavator
    • NK
    Date Excavated
    13-7-2005
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  • Entered By
    • NK

Spatial Data

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Linked GeoPhotos

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Linked Drawings

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Linked TopoSurfaces

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