Stratigraphic Units

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Basics

Excavation Year
Area
Definition
SU Type
Formation Process
Layer Distinguished By
Photo Numbers
Photomodel Numbers
Plan Numbers
Section Numbers
Approximate Date of Layer
to
Date of Layer Observations
Stratigraphical Reliability
Confidence in Interpretation
Contamination Risk

Record Events

Filled Out By
Revised By
Filled Out On
Revised On
SU Opened On
SU Closed On

Inclusions

Class Frequency Details
Anthropic
Coins Medium
Glass Rare
Mortar Rare One big chunch of mortar found in northwestern part of trench
Nails Frequent
Pottery Frequent TS dishes, cookware, redware, amphora, dolia, etc
Slag Frequent Metal slag bulk sampled, pcb slag documented as special find
Geologic
Organic
Animal Bones
Charcoal

Soil Matrix

Composition
Matrix
Compaction
Color

Clarity of Limits

Northern Limit
Southern Limit
Western Limit
Eastern Limit
Depth Limit
Clarity of Limits Notes

Stratigraphic Sequence

Relationships

Observations and Descriptions

Observations

Layers

Excavation Method
Excavation Conditions

Cuts

Cut Shape in Plan
Cut Top - BOS
Cut Base - BOS
Cut Sides
Cut Orientation
Cut Dimensions

Structural Remains

Structure Type

Orientation
Material
Building Technique

Bonding Material
Number of Coursings
Wall Facing

Dimensions
Related architectural features

Environmental Samples

Sample Type

Interpretations

Interpretations
2024-07-24 Marzuolo Archaeologist

This is a very thick layer dense with archaeological material. It seems too thick and homogenous with materials scattered across the SU to be an activity layer. SU10148 (lying beneath SU10137) was a brownish grey medium granular compact layer of clayey silt. Frequent finds include pottery (especially Terra Sigillata), iron nails, slag, animal bones, glass (rare), and mortar (rare). Special finds include PCB, coins, iron objects (knives, fittings, etc.), and bronze objects (a ring, a few fibulae, and some sheet fragments). The team’s ceramic specialist – Gijs Tol – noted that the pottery coming out of SU10148 was all contemporaneous and that a certain kind of ware from Rome was particularly frequent. The team thus hypothesized that this could be evidence of a shop space with pottery displayed for sale. This would also explain the vast array of other objects including metal (knives) and glass (bottles). Perhaps this courtyard shop functioned as a catch-all kitchen store.

Faunal Register

Bulk Finds

Finds Observations
Finds Storage Notes
Bulk Finds

Special Finds

2016
Nail, Nail

2017
Metal Fragment, Metal fragment

2050
Slag, Slag

2051
Architectural Element, Tile

2052
Metal Fragment, Metal fragment

2053
Slag, Slag

2054
Slag, Slag

2055
Nail, Nail

2056
Metal Object, Metal object

2057
Metal Fragment, Metal fragment

2059
Nail, Nail

2060
Metal Fragment, Nail

2061
Metal Fragment, Metal fragments

2063
Slag, Slag

2064
Slag, PCB slag

2065
Architectural Element, Tile

2066
Metal Fragment, Metal fragment

2067
Metal Fragment, Metal fragment

2068
Nail, Nail

2069
Metal Fragment, Metal fragment

2071
Slag, Slag

2072
Slag, Slag

2073
Slag, Slag

2074
Glass Object, Rod

2075
Slag, Slag

2076
Nail, Nail

2077
Slag, Slag

2078
Nail, Nail

2079
Nail, Nail

2081
Nail, Nail

2082
Nail, Nail

2083
Metal Fragment, Metal fragment

2084
Slag, Slag

2085
Metal Object, Bronze object

2086
Nail, Nail

2087
Nail, Nail

2088
Slag, Slag

2089
Ring, Ring

2090
Metal Object, Iron object

2091
Nail, Nail

2092
Architectural Element, Tile - Opus reticulatum

2093
Nail, Nail

2094
Nail, Nail

2095
Metal Object, Bronze object

2096
Nail, Nail

2097
Nail, Nail

2098
Slag, Slag

2099
Slag, Slag

2100
Slag, Slag

2101
Metal Fragment, Iron fragment

2102
Metal Object, Iron object

2103
Metal Fragment, Iron fragment

2104
Architectural Element, Tile - Opus reticulatum

2105
Metal Object, Iron object

2106
Bone Object, Small piece of worked bone

2107
Shell

2108
Nail, Nail

2110
Metal Object, Bronze object

2111
Slag, PCB slag

2112
Fibula, Fibula

2113
Metal Object, Bronze object

2115
Nail, Nail

2116
Nail, Nail

2117
Metal Object, Lead object

2118
Coin, Bronze coin

2119
Architectural Element, Tile - opus reticulatum

2120
Metal Fragment, Copper rod

2121
Slag, PCB slag

2122
Metal Object, Iron object

2124
Nail, Nail

2125
Slag, Slag

2126
Metal Object, Iron tool

2127
Metal Object, Bronze object

2128
Tack, Tack

2129
Metal Object, Iron object

2130
Slag, PCB slag

2131
Metal Object, Copper object

2134
Slag, Slag

2137
Coin, Bronze coin

2139
Nail, Nail

2139
Nail, Nail

2140
Metal Fragment, Copper fragment

2141
Nail, Nail

2142
Slag, PCB slag

2143
Slag, PCB slag

2144
Game Piece, Gaming piece?

2145
Metal Object, Copper object

2146
Nail, Nail

2147
Slag, PCB slag

2148
Nail, Nail

2149
Coin, Bronze coin

2150
Game Piece, Gaming piece?

2151
Metal Fragment, Copper alloy fragments

2152
Fibula, Fibula

2153
Coin, Bronze coin

2154
Slag, PCB slag

2155
Slag, PCB slag

2156
Nail, Nail

2157
Metal Object, Iron object

2158
Nail, Nail

2160
Nail, Nail

2161
Metal Object, Iron tool

2162
Slag, PCB slag

2164
Nail, Nail

2233
Slag, Slag

2234
Metal Fragment, Iron fragment

Ceramics

Ceramics Assemblage Condition
Ceramics Condition Comments
Ceramics

Glass

Glass

Ceramics Study

Connected Forms

Attachments

Attachments
MAP_SU10148_plan.pdf
Plan

Developed by the Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, University of Arkansas.