Schlern
🆔 Identification
| ID | #305 |
|---|---|
| Site | Schlern |
| Period | Bronze Age |
| Context | Ritual (Not funerary) |
| Archaeological Context | Alpine Brandopferplätze |
| Interpretation | Not specified |
| Published | Yes |
📍 Location
| Site | Schlern |
|---|---|
| GPS Coordinates | Lat: 46.5194444, Long: 11.573888888889 |
| Altitude | 2510 m |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Bolzano |
| City | Burgstall |
🔍 Excavation
| Excavation name | Schlern |
|---|---|
| Supervisor | Not specified |
| Start date | 1946 |
| End date | 1946 |
| Sampling method | Flotation |
⏳ Dating
| Dating type | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Dating method | Not specified |
| Dating (text) | End of the Bronze Age |
| Standardized dates (BP) | 3550 – 2700 |
📏 Physical Characteristics
| Typology | Amorphous |
|---|---|
| Shape | Not specified |
| Weight | 4.81 g |
| Number of fragments | 237 |
| Dimensions | |
| Max (L×W×H) | Not specified |
| 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 | Also contained bone fragments between 1 mm and 5 mm. |
|---|---|
| Reference | HEISS A. G. (2008) - Weizen, Linsen, Opferbrote – Archäobotanische Analysen bronze- und eisenzeitlicher Brandopferplätze im mittleren Alpenraum, Doctoral thesis, Vienna, 250 p. ISBN: 978-3-8381-0010-4 ; HEISS A. G. (2014) - "Ceremonial Foodstuff from Prehistoric Burnt-Offering Places in the Alpine Region", in CHEVALIER A., MARINOVA E., PEÑA-CHOCARRO L., Plants and People Choices and Diversity through Time, Early agricultural remnants and technical heritage (EARTH) : 8,000 years of resilience and innovation, Oxbow Books, Oxford, Philadephia, vol.1, 501 p. ISBN:978-3-8381-0010-4 |
🔬 Microscopic Observations
Primary Particles
| Total number | — |
|---|---|
| Class | Plant;Animal |
| Organization | — |
| Plant types | Bone |
| Taxonomy | — |
| Identified taxa | Triticum sp. |
| Taphonomy | — |
| Size measurements (µm) | |
| Min / Max / Avg | — / — / — 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 | — |