Sample name: Tel Ro'im West (PN)

Reference: N. Agha, D. Nadel, and G. Bar-Oz. 2019. New insights into livestock management and domestication at Tel Ro'im West, a multi-layer Neolithic site in the Upper Jordan Valley, Israel. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 27:101991 [ER 3752]

Lithology: claystone

Taphonomic context: human accumulation,settlement

Archaeology: bone tools,buildings,ceramics,stone tools

Habitat comments: "The site contains five main strata. The PN sequence corresponds to Strata II and III, each around 0.5-1.0 m thick. Stratum II is composed of brown sediment consisting of a dusty clay loam, probably ash, mixed with pristine brown clay; it contains an abundance of stone, gravel and ceramic sherds. Two segments of a long wall >1 m wide were also found".
"Stratum III is composed of very hard, brown to reddish-brown clay, rich with gravel. A well-built curved wall was exposed along the eastern section, demarcating a large open area. The finds included very poorly preserved potsherds, flint tools, among them numerous deeply denticulated sickle blades, basalt crushing and grinding tools and a few bone implements".

Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,birds,turtles

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 319 specimens

Years: 2004

Sampling comments: "Initial probes were conducted at the site followed by a salvage excavation in 2004. The main excavation was carried out in two areas: Area A (125 m2) and Area B (50 m2). Area A was excavated to bedrock and reached a depth of c. 4 m while area B was excavated to an average depth of about 1 m". The remains below were derived from Area A.
"All bone fragments were retrieved through dry sifting (10 mm) from stratigraphically well-defined loci and layers".

Sample number: 4003

Contributor: Benjamin Carter

Enterer: Benjamin Carter

Created: 2022-10-10 12:48:20

Modified: 2023-05-30 02:04:49