Bande di Cavriana
🆔 Identification
| ID | #278 |
|---|---|
| Site | Bande di Cavriana |
| Period | Bronze Age |
| Context | Not specified |
| Interpretation | Bread |
| Published | Yes |
📍 Location
| Site | Bande di Cavriana |
|---|---|
| GPS Coordinates | Lat: 45.348309, Long: 10.600163 |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardia |
| City | Cavriana |
🔍 Excavation
| Excavation name | Bande di Cavriana |
|---|---|
| Supervisor | Not specified |
| Start date | Not specified |
| End date | Not specified |
| Sampling method | Not specified |
⏳ Dating
| Dating type | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Dating method | Not specified |
| Dating (text) | 3800 BP |
| Standardized dates (BP) | 3800 – 3800 |
📏 Physical Characteristics
| Typology | With shape |
|---|---|
| Shape | Oval shaped |
| Number of fragments | 1 |
| Dimensions | |
| Max (L×W×H) | 100 × — × — cm |
| Min (L×W×H) | Not specified |
| Real (L×W×T) | Not specified |
🛡️ Conservation & Surface
| Conservation state | Fragmented |
|---|---|
| Preservation condition | Charred |
| Porosity | Not specified |
| Texture | Not specified |
| Ornamentation | Not specified |
| Upper surface | Not specified |
| Lower surface | Not specified |
📝 Additional Descriptions
| Comments | Bran in the form of small flakes (average diameter of 1 mm). |
|---|---|
| Reference | Castelletti L., Motella De Carlo S. 2016, Un panino di 3800 anni fa a Bande di Cavriana (Mantova), in Baioni M., ed., Back to the roots, alle radici del cibo. L’alimentazione al tempo delle palafitte, Catalogo della Mostra, Cavriana 4,000 years ago- bread & wine in a pile-dwelling- pane e vino in palafitta, Museo Archeologico dell’Alto Mantovano, Cavriana (Mn), 15 maggio-30 novembre 2015. ; DAMIANI I. et al. (2021) - Preistoria del cibo: l'alimentazione nella preistoria e nella protostoria, Studi di Preistoria e Protostoria, Istituto italiano di preistoria e protostoria, 848 p. ISBN:978-88-6045-088-3 |
🔬 Microscopic Observations
Primary Particles
| Total number | — |
|---|---|
| Class | Plant |
| Organization | — |
| Plant types | Bran fragments |
| Taxonomy | — |
| Identified taxa | Hordeum vulgare;Triticum monococcum;Triticum dicoccum |
| Taphonomy | — |
| Size measurements (µm) | |
| Min / Max / Avg | — / — / 1 µm |
| Relative frequency | — |
Secondary Particles
| Total number | — |
|---|---|
| Category | — |
| Types | — |
| Taxonomy | — |
| Taphonomy | — |
| Size measurements (µm) | |
| Min / Max / Avg | — / — / — µm |
| Relative frequency | — |
Matrix
| Microstructure class | — |
|---|---|
| Structure type | — |
| Matrix type | — |
| Matrix attribute | — |
| Nb measurements | — |
| Average pore size | — |
| Matrix measurements (µm) | |
| Min / Max | — / — µm |
| Relative frequency | — |