🆔 Identification

ID#340
SiteOchsenberg
PeriodIron Age
ContextRitual (Not funerary)
Archaeological ContextAlpine Brandopferplätze, probe O-0002
InterpretationNot specified
PublishedYes

📍 Location

SiteOchsenberg
GPS Coordinates Lat: 47.100548088936, Long: 9.4935920446173
Altitude660 m
CountrySwitzerland
RegionSt. Gallen
CityWartau

🔍 Excavation

Excavation nameOchsenberg
SupervisorNot specified
Start date1985
End date1985
Sampling methodNot specified

⏳ Dating

Dating typeNot specified
Dating methodNot specified
Dating (text)500 BC - 15 BC
Standardized dates (BP) 2450 – 1965

📏 Physical Characteristics

TypologyAmorphous
ShapeNot specified
Number of fragments68
Dimensions
Max (L×W×H) Not specified
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

Reference
HEISS A.G. (2008) ‒ Weizen, Linsen, Opferbrote – Archäobotanische Analysen bronze- und eisenzeitlicher Brandopferplätze im mittleren Alpenraum, Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), Vienna, 250 p. ISBN:978-3-8381-0010-4

🔬 Microscopic Observations

Primary Particles

Total number
ClassPlant
Organization
Plant types
Taxonomy
Identified taxa
Triticum sp.
Taphonomy
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Secondary Particles

Total number
Category
Types
Taxonomy
Taphonomy
Size measurements (µm)
Min / Max / Avg — / — / — µm
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Matrix

Microstructure class
Structure type
Matrix type
Matrix attribute
Nb measurements
Average pore size
Matrix measurements (µm)
Min / Max — / — µm
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