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Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Ceramics Class
Layer Date Start 900
Layer Date Start Suffix BC
Layer Date End 80
Layer Date End Suffix AD
Glass (count) 1
Publictation Status Published
Metal (deprecated) (count) (Note) (no count provided)
Mosaic Tile (count) (Note) (no count provided)
Bone (count) (Note) (no count provided)
Publictation Year 2016
Definition yellowish-brown silt next to SU 1173
Formation Process Intentional Deposition
Layer Date Observations Layer almost certainly dates to 1st c. A.D.
Stratigraphic Reliability Good
Stratigraphic Unit Type Anthropic
Elevation Maximum 63.0
Elevation Minimum 63.0
In Elevation Drawing False
Has Photosmodels False
Soil Compation Compact
Soil Color Brown
Observations very dry, hot conditions, excavated with pickaxe and trowel
Shape squarish with a rough edge when it is near the tufa floor
Layer Surface none
Layer Interface Sharp
Soil Sample Volume 2.0
Soil Sample Percent 20.0
Finds Observations bone: 1 medium bag; mosaic tile: 1 white with mortar; metal (deprecated): 1 small bag
Originally Filled Date 2010-07-15
Originally Revised Date 2010-07-19
Originally Entered Date 2010-07-22
Originally PDF Date 2010-07-21
Record Revised Date 2016-04-17
Interpretation hummic soil beneath 1165, covering parts of the continuation of a tufo floor adjacent to two tufo slabs which cover up a cistern.
Amphora (bases count) 1
Amphora (walls count) 5
Amphora (total count) 6
Black Gloss (rims count) 10
Black Gloss (bases count) 1
Black Gloss (walls count) 18
Black Gloss (total count) 29
Bucchero (handles count) 1
Bucchero (walls count) 3
Bucchero (total count) 4
Commonware (rims count) 22
Commonware (handles count) 1
Commonware (bases count) 4
Commonware (walls count) 62
Commonware (total count) 89
Creamware (rims count) 3
Creamware (walls count) 50
Creamware (total count) 53
Fineware (walls count) 3
Fineware (total count) 3
Impasto (rims count) 4
Impasto (handles count) 1
Impasto (walls count) 40
Impasto (total count) 45
Impasto Chiaro Sabbioso (rims count) 5
Impasto Chiaro Sabbioso (handles count) 1
Impasto Chiaro Sabbioso (bases count) 1
Impasto Chiaro Sabbioso (walls count) 23
Impasto Chiaro Sabbioso (total count) 30
Impasto Rosso (rims count) 1
Impasto Rosso (walls count) 11
Impasto Rosso (total count) 12
Internal Red Slip Ware (rims count) 1
Internal Red Slip Ware (walls count) 3
Internal Red Slip Ware (total count) 4
Lamp (rims count) 1
Lamp (total count) 1
Mortarium (total count) 3
Painted Fineware (rims count) 7
Painted Fineware (walls count) 2
Painted Fineware (total count) 9
Tegula (total count) 39
Terra Sigillata (rims count) 2
Terra Sigillata (total count) 2
Thin Walled (walls count) 2
Thin Walled (total count) 2
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6842
13695
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Botany Flotation Volume 26.0
Descriptive Attribute Value(s)
Anthropic Soil Inclusions
  • Pottery
  • Nails
  • Tiles
  • Amphorae
Anthropic Soil Inclusion Details
  • Soil Inclusion Class and Frequency [Record: 8342]
    Class: Nails, Frequency: [Not recorded]
    Soil Inclusion Details
    [No details]
  • Soil Inclusion Class and Frequency [Record: 7794]
    Class: Pottery, Frequency: [Not recorded]
    Soil Inclusion Details
    [No details]
  • Soil Inclusion Class and Frequency [Record: 8243]
    Class: Tiles, Frequency: [Not recorded]
    Soil Inclusion Details
    [No details]
  • Soil Inclusion Class and Frequency [Record: 8265]
    Class: Amphorae, Frequency: [Not recorded]
    Soil Inclusion Details
    [No details]
Suggested Citation

Rachel Opitz, Marcello Mogetta, Nicola Terrenato. (2017) "Unit 1177 from Europe/Italy/Gabii/Area B". In The Gabii Project. Rachel Opitz, Marcello Mogetta, Nicola Terrenato (Ed). Released: 2017-06-04. Open Context. <https://opencontext.org/subjects/79e61335-cdcf-4f03-ada7-3e72b25c8e59> ARK (Archive): https://n2t.net/ark:/28722/k29k4kh7x

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