🆔 Identification

ID#568
Inventory Number911 OS 2, section 7, zone M, Qm X/651
SiteDouanne
PeriodNeolithic
ContextDomestic
InterpretationBread
PublishedYes

📍 Location

SiteDouanne
GPS Coordinates Lat: 47.095657, Long: 7.167301
CountrySwitzerland
CityTwann

🔍 Excavation

Excavation nameDouanne
SupervisorNot specified
Start date1976
End date1976
Sampling methodNot specified

⏳ Dating

Dating typeNot specified
Dating methodNot specified
Dating (text)3560 -  3530 avant J.-C.
Standardized dates (BP) 5510 – 5480

📏 Physical Characteristics

TypologyWith shape
ShapeCircular
Weight25.2 g
Dimensions
Max (L×W×H) 75 × — × 24 cm
Min (L×W×H) 60 × — × 24 cm
Real (L×W×T) 170 × 170 × 45 cm

🛡️ Conservation & Surface

Conservation stateWhole
Preservation conditionCharred
PorosityNot specified
TextureNot specified
OrnamentationNot specified
Upper surfaceConvex
Lower surfaceConcave

📝 Additional Descriptions

Comments
Crust thickness: 0.01-0.02 mm.
Reference
HANSSON A.-M. (2014) ‒ Hidden Stone – A Unique Bread Offering from an Early Medieval Cremation Grave at Lovö, Sweden, in A. Chevalier, E. Marinova, et L. Peña-Chocarro (dir.), Plants and people: choices and diversity through time, Oxford Philadelphia, Oxbow Books (Early agricultural remnants and technical heritage (EARTH) : 8,000 years of resilience and innovation volume 1), p.335‑342. ISBN:978-1-78297-033-0 ; WÄHREN M. (1984) ‒ Brote und Getreidebrei von Twann aus dem 4. Jahrtausend vor Christus, Archäologie der Schweiz: Mitteilungsblatt der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, 7, p. 2‑6. https://doi.org/10.5169/seals-6409 ; WÄHREN, MAX (1989) ‒ Brot und Gebäck von der Jungsteinzeit bis zur Römerzeit, Helvetia Archaeologica, 20. ISSN 3042-5271

🔬 Microscopic Observations

Primary Particles

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

Total number
Category
Types
Taxonomy
Taphonomy
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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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