Description
- CH05SR0525
- Large area of black ashy soil in center of courtyard
- Black ashy soil with large amounts of industrial debris (metal slag). Has brown, gray, and green ashy silty inclusions [and it] also has orange and yellow clay inclusions. Original definition of context was approximately 2M (N-S) X 1M (E-W). As context was excavated its definition stretched [extended] southward another 60 cm and the area to the north was assigned [to] another context (563). Depth of context varied from approximately 30-55 cm.
- Context 525 is super strange and different from the other black ashy contexts that were located under context 509. It is both deeper and less defined, it tends to dive in strange directions. Concentration of bones in the southern end (S/SE). Just less than half of the datable ceramics are from earlier period than the XIII century. In retrospect, some of the artifacts removed as [part of] SR 525 were likely from context 563 (see sketch on back) [see context 563 form for further explanation].
Interpretation
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- Large pit associated with metal working activities
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- SM
Formation Processes
Faunal Assemblage
Total = 515
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Unidentifiable | 108 |
Domestic Pig | 11 |
Sturgeon-type | 2 |
Fish | 12 |
Scallop | 2 |
Bird | 2 |
Domestic Cattle | 61 |
Dog | 5 |
Domestic Goat | 7 |
Horse | 2 |
Human | 1 |
Mussels | 6 |
Oyster | 120 |
Domestic Sheep | 18 |
Domestic Sheep/Goat | 158 |
Fish Species Assemblage
Total = 9
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Unidentified Fish | 8 |
Raja clavata | 1 |
Birds Species Assemblage
Total = 2
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Gallus gallus f. Domestica | 1 |
Puffinus puffinus | 1 |
Ceramic Assemblage
Total = 293
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Amphora | 207 |
Cookware | 16 |
Fineware | 70 |
Total = 293
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Light clay (Heraklea, Sinope) | 2 |
Class 1 ("waisted") | 7 |
Class 2 ("carrot") | 7 |
Class 3 (Zeest-100) | 2 |
ADSV, type V | 7 |
Class 12 (LRC 1-Riley) | 4 |
Class 18 (with funnel rim) (LRA 2-Riley) | 1 |
Class 22 (Zeest-95; LRA 3-Riley) | 2 |
Class 24 ("Black Sea" with rilled zones) | 39 |
Class 41 | 15 |
Class 43 (Gunsenin-II) | 4 |
Class 45 (Gunsenin-IV) | 4 |
Class 48 (Gunsenin-III) | 6 |
Class 51-52 | 97 |
Unidentified amphora | 10 |
Wheelmade cookware | 16 |
Unidentified plain fineware | 64 |
Glazed White Ware II | 1 |
Glazed White Ware IV (group 9, Yakobson) | 4 |
Fine sgraffito ware | 1 |
Total = 293
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1st c. BC-2nd c. AD | 2 |
5th-7th c. AD | 30 |
9th-11th c. AD | 55 |
12th-13th c. AD | 116 |
Linked Special Finds
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Special Find: CH05SR_2808
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Special Find: CH05SR_2811
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Special Find: CH05SR_2825
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Special Find: CH05SR_2839
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Special Find: CH05SR_2842
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Special Find: CH05SR_2854
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Special Find: CH05SR_2869
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Special Find: CH05SR_2927
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Special Find: CH05SR_3990
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Special Find: CH05SR_3991
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Special Find: CH05SR_3992
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Special Find: CH05SR_4000
- Bow handle fragment
Linked Samples
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Sample: CH05SR_302
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_303
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_304
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_305
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_306
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_307
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_308
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_316
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_317
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_318
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_319
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_320
- Metallurgical sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_327
- Soil sample from courtyard
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Sample: CH05SR_330
- Charcoal from courtyard
Botanical Assemblage
Skeletal Remains
- No attached items.
Microwear Analysis
- No attached items.
Record Status Flags
Events
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Excavator
- SM
Date Excavated
7-7-2005 -
Verified by
Verified on
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Entered By
- SM
Site Photos
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Site Photo: CH05SR_469
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Site Photo: CH05SR_470
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Site Photo: CH05SR_471
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Site Photo: CH05SR_472
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Site Photo: CH05SR_475
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Site Photo: CH05SR_516
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Site Photo: CH05SR_517
Linked GeoPhotos
- No attached items.
Linked Drawings
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Drawing: CH05SR_26
- layer plan of COURTYARD and RM 32
Linked TopoSurfaces
PhotoModeler Projects
- No attached items.