Provadia-Solnitsata
🆔 Identification
| ID | #402 |
|---|---|
| Site | Provadia-Solnitsata |
| Period | Chalcolithic |
| Context | Domestic |
| Archaeological Context | Salt production Centre. Vessel number 90, building 1, square F-4, Southeast sector |
| Interpretation | Not specified |
| Published | Yes |
📍 Location
| Site | Provadia-Solnitsata |
|---|---|
| GPS Coordinates | Lat: 43.175513, Long: 27.436687 |
| Country | Bulgaria |
| Region | Varna |
| City | Provadia |
🔍 Excavation
| Excavation name | Provadia-Solnitsata |
|---|---|
| Supervisor | Not specified |
| Start date | Not specified |
| End date | Not specified |
| Sampling method | Not specified |
| Form in structure | Attached to an archaeological object |
⏳ Dating
| Dating type | Not specified |
|---|---|
| Dating method | Not specified |
| Dating (text) | 4700 - 4600 BC |
| Standardized dates (BP) | 6650 – 6550 |
📏 Physical Characteristics
| Typology | Amorphous |
|---|---|
| Shape | Amorphous |
| Dimensions | |
| Max (L×W×H) | 2 × — × — cm |
| Min (L×W×H) | 1 × — × — cm |
| Real (L×W×T) | Not specified |
🛡️ Conservation & Surface
| Conservation state | Fragmented |
|---|---|
| Preservation condition | Charred |
| Porosity | Not specified |
| Texture | Not specified |
| Ornamentation | None |
| Upper surface | Not specified |
| Lower surface | Not specified |
📝 Additional Descriptions
| Comments | Cereal fragments about 1 to 2 mm in size which have lost most of their structure and were fused together in small lumps. Additional ingredients other than cereals are possible. |
|---|---|
| Reference | HRISTOVA I. et al. (2019) - Recognising archaeological food remains: archaeobotanical case studies from Bulgaria, Bulgarian e-Journal of Archaeology 9, p. 181-211 ISSN:1314-5088 |
🔬 Microscopic Observations
Primary Particles
| Total number | — |
|---|---|
| Class | Plant |
| Organization | — |
| Plant types | — |
| Taxonomy | — |
| Identified taxa | Hordeum vulgare |
| 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 | — |