🆔 Identification

ID#278
SiteBande di Cavriana
PeriodBronze Age
ContextNot specified
InterpretationBread
PublishedYes

📍 Location

SiteBande di Cavriana
GPS Coordinates Lat: 45.348309, Long: 10.600163
CountryItaly
RegionLombardia
CityCavriana

🔍 Excavation

Excavation nameBande di Cavriana
SupervisorNot specified
Start dateNot specified
End dateNot specified
Sampling methodNot specified

⏳ Dating

Dating typeNot specified
Dating methodNot specified
Dating (text)3800 BP
Standardized dates (BP) 3800 – 3800

📏 Physical Characteristics

TypologyWith shape
ShapeOval shaped
Number of fragments1
Dimensions
Max (L×W×H) 100 × — × — cm
Min (L×W×H) Not specified
Real (L×W×T) Not specified

🛡️ Conservation & Surface

Conservation stateFragmented
Preservation conditionCharred
PorosityNot specified
TextureNot specified
OrnamentationNot specified
Upper surfaceNot specified
Lower surfaceNot 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
ClassPlant
Organization
Plant typesBran 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
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