Stratigraphic Units

Publication

Publication Status
Publication Year
Publication Notes

Basics

Excavation Year
Area
Definition
Formation Process
Stratigraphical Reliability
SU Type
Layer Distinguished By
Photos
Photo Model

Record Events

Filled Out By
Revised By
Finds Studied By
Filled Out On
Revised On
Finds Processed On
SU Closed

Inclusions

Class Frequency Details
Anthropic
Geologic
Organic

Soil Matrix

Composition
Clay %
Silt %
Sand %
Matrix
Compaction
Measured Compaction
Measured Compaction (kg per cm)
Color

Unit Limits

Northern Limit
Southern Limit
Western Limit
Eastern Limit
Depth Limit
Unit Limit Notes

Stratigraphic Sequence

Observations and Descriptions

Observations
Position
Shape

Layers

Surface
Inclusion Observations
Thickness Observations
Interface

Cuts

Cut Edges
Cut Sides
Cut Bottom
Cut Top Edge
Cut Bottom Edge
Cut Observations

Structural Remains

Alignment
Building Technique

Binding Agent
Mortar Description
Mortar Inclusions

Mortar Inclusion Size
Wall Facing

Foundations
Floor Type

Wall Finishing

Dimensions
Structure Description

Samples

Total Volume of Layer (buckets)
Soil Sampling
Soil Sample Quantity (buckets)
Soil Sample Fraction (%)
Sieving
Sieving Sample Quantity (buckets)
Sieving Sample Fraction (%)
Non Soil Sampling
Non Soil Sample Type
Non Soil Sample Size

Interpretations

Interpretations
2017-07-20 Andrew Johnston

Rather than a buttress (as it initially appeared to be, per the definition), these tufo blocks seem to represent an E-W wall that subdivided the space between the N-S ashlar walls at the eastern side of the open central 'piazza' (cf. wall 7097 to the north). The lowest course of blocks appears to have been reworked in a later period to serve as a threshold (abutted by part of a floor surface visible in the section to the south, not excavated in 2017). Whether in the original phase there was an opening in the wall here, or whether the second and third (and fourth, etc.) courses of blocks have been mostly obliterated to create a new later opening, is unclear at the moment.

Dates and Phasing

Approximate Date of Layer
to
Date of Layer Observations
Creation Phase (First Phase Present)
Last Active Phase (Present and in Use)
Last Presence Phase (Last Phase Present, not in Use)

Faunal Register

Faunal NISP

Bulk Finds

Finds Observations
Finds Storage Notes
Bulk Finds
Lost / Damaged - Shed Fire 2020
Fire Damage Notes

Special Finds

Ceramics

Ceramics Assemblage Condition
Lost / Damaged - Shed Fire 2020
Ceramics Condition Comments
Ceramics

Glass

Glass

Spot Dates

Connected Forms

Attachments

Attachments
PM1698_SU7057_7037_7130_7078_7163_7138_7131_7132_7079_7158_7097_7164_7080_7098_extended.pdf
Photo Model

E-W ashlar wall forming E part of S limit of Room 1 and Opus mixtum wall built on top of wall 7057 and Tufo slab floor at N end of Room 3 and Ashlar wall running N-S at E limit of Room 3 and Tufo block and mortar on slabs 7130 and Upright ceramic tube south of wall 7131 and Opus reticulatum wall S of floor 7130 and Fill of circular cut S of wall 7131 and Petit appareil wall running N-S at W limit of Room 3 and Ashlar block aligned E-W in Room 3, covered by wall 7079 and Buttress of tufo blocks built against W side of ashlar wall 7078 and Concrete threshold between walls 7079 and 7080 and Petit appareil wall running N-S south of wall 7079 and Buttress of tufo blocks S of buttress 7097

GPR_7097_7098_7130_7171_7142_7143_7144_7145_7146_etc_sketch.pdf
Sketch

SU_7098_1.JPG
Photo

View from north