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Preliminary Pottery Summary
Excavation of this trench proceeded in three stages. The original cut comprised meters K-M/82-85 (w/a giant staup occupying all of K/82). An area in J-K/80-81 was then dug, but due to radically different soil will be considered separately. ( See Stratigraphy Summary ). The third area was in J/82-85. Initial pottery analysis will follow this breakdown.
By far the most pottery-rich area was J/82-85, with most of the fragments actually coming from J/82-83. This small area produced vast amounts of coarse and medium orangeware. At 50 cm below surface J/83-84 produced 4 1/2 latte boxes of pottery. Tile, plaster, ivory, and bronze nails also began to show up at this level, which is characterized by an orange-brown soil. This heavy pottery concentration continued in these meters all the way down to, and within, the burn layer, which showed up around 90 cm below surface. The ivory and bronze nails continued to be found, as well. A tile concentration was encountered above the burn layer around 85 cm.
The coarse orangeware found in this area is made up of large body fragments and lip fragments. One complete base, a flat base, was found, but only a fragments of a few others. The most common lip in the heavy coarseware was the everted lip. At least 30 such lips in both heavy and medium orangeware were found. However, several fragments of a flat, inverted lip type were found, one of which preserves a good deal of the vessel's body. Large body fragments were found w/ these lips and bases, and several joins were found w/ those lips and bases, and several joins were found in the mag. It is likely that several more could be found in the future. Tube handles were the most common - tow exist totally intact. 3 strap handles found.
The original cut, K-M/82-85, the largest of the three, produced the least pottery. From topsoil to 25cm, 7 meters of soil produced only 1 1/4 latte boxes of pottery. This is not unusual considering the high stratum, which also produced an acroterion animal paws, many pithos fragments and a rocchetto. Plaster and tile also showed up at this level. A soil change from brown to orange occurred at 25 cm. Well in this new stratum pottery still was not abundant (unlike J/82-85). A 10 centimeter cut in
five meters could, for example, produce only one latte box of pottery. This low level of pottery continues to the bottom of the cut. Fine ivory pieces show up starting at 50 cm.
Of the pottery recovered from this area the majority was medium-weight and fine orangeware. Fragments were generally small and worn. No joins were found. 4 strap handles and four tube handles were found. 7 flat bases and 4 conical. Only a few fragments of coarseware were found.
Meters J-K/80-81 were devoid of pottery until 70 cm below surface, where the soil changed from hard yellow to orange-brown, similar to that found in J/82-85. At this depth pottery quite similar to that found in J/82-85 was encountered. (Slightly less was found here). Interestingly a great number of terracotta slingstones came out of J/81 and K/82 (the stump).
| Descriptive Attribute | Value(s) |
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| Document Type | Trench Book Entry |
| Trench Book Entry Date | 1989-07-29 |
| Entry Year | 1989 |
| Start Page | 284 |
| End Page | 342 |
| Title | Preliminary Pottery Summary |
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Vocabulary: DCMI Metadata Terms (Dublin Core Terms) |
MW V
Vocabulary: Murlo |
Suggested Citation
Matthew Wilcox. (2017) "MW V (1989-07-29):284-342; Preliminary Pottery Summary from Europe/Italy/Poggio Civitate/Tesoro/Tesoro 26/1989, ID:430/PC 19890177". In Murlo. Anthony Tuck (Ed). Released: 2017-10-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/documents/0f69fc16-2ded-4006-8fa9-85799b231b60> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k2n01f52g
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