Identifier

TS2023_c616

Title

TS2023 context 616

Context type

en

Context subtype

Description

Occupation layer associated with the wall c601 (?)

Certainty of interpretation

medium confidence

Interpretation

Context 616 corresponds to a layer situated beneath context 604. Like the latter, it is positioned against structure c601. It also covers the ashy layers c625, c630, possibly related to the foundation of the wall c601, as well as cut c631. While agricultural activy did not significantly impact this layer, animal burrowing caused some disturbance, particularly near the top. The junction with the underlying layer c630 is diffuse, becoming progressively more greyish and ashy. 

This context is characterized by a heterogeneous sandy silt with a few inclusions of charcoal, along with a lens of ashy soil, located against the eastern wall of the sondage, recorded as c612. Initially considered a separate layer, c612 is now regarded as part of c616. 

Artefacts are less abudant than in the overlying context c604. However, several chipped stones, ground stones, pottery sherds, fragments of clay building material, as well as animal bones and shells have been recovered.

Based on these observations, c616 could correspond to an occupation layer related to the wall c601. However, extending the excavation beyond the sondage could help refine this interpretation.

Excavation date

July 11, 2023 – July 19, 2023

Record creator

Investigation site

Context same as

Location in the investigation area

Orientation

N-S

Length

2.2

Length measure unit

en meter

Width

1.5

Width measure unit

en meter

Thickness

0.25

Depth measure unit

en meter

Truncated

false

Samples

Charcoal #18
Flottation #29

en Pottery
en Lithics
en Animal bone
en Shell
en Charcoal

Fatness

en dry

Compaction

en hard

Dampness

en dry

Contact area boundaries

en diffuse

Top boundary

en diffuse

Bottom boundary

en diffuse

Context color modifier

en mid

Context color

en brown

Grain size

en fine

Composition modifier

en sandy

Composition

en silt

Record completeness status

partially complete

Date Created

July 11, 2023

Date Modified

March 25, 2025

Rights Holder

en National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan)
en Lund University (Sweden)
en University of York (UK)
en Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres. Hellenic Ministry of Culture (Greece)

License

en CC-BY 4.0

Notes or comments

the given dimensions in length and width correspond to the sondage.


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