🆔 Identification

ID#579
SiteAlpenquai
PeriodBronze Age
ContextDomestic
Archaeological ContextMany different "scraps of bread" in pots.
InterpretationNot specified
Researcher IDKELLER Ferdinand
PublishedYes

📍 Location

SiteAlpenquai
GPS Coordinates Lat: 47.04495, Long: 8.320342
CountrySwitzerland
RegionLucerne
CityAlpenquai

🔍 Excavation

Excavation nameAlpenquai
SupervisorNot specified
Start date1915
End date1916
Sampling methodNot specified
Context integrityScattered
Form in structureAttached to an archaeological object

⏳ Dating

Dating typeNot specified
Dating methodNot specified
Dating (text)1500-500 BC
Standardized dates (BP) 3450 – 2450

📏 Physical Characteristics

TypologyAmorphous
ShapeAmorphous
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Max (L×W×H) Not specified
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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
NEUWEILER E. (1919) - Die Pflanzenreste aus den Pfahlbauten am Alpenquai in Zürich und von Wollishofen sowie einer interglazialen Torfprobe von Niederweningen (Zürich), ierteljahrsschrift d. Naturf. Gesellsc. in Zürich, LXXXII, p. 617-648

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