In Trench B we observe the same stratigraphic distribution of the classes and variants as noted in Trench A (Table 11; Figure 39). The only exception to this trend is in layer 1, where examples of Class 5 variant 3 are far less frequent (only three potsherds). The majority of potsherds belong to: Class 1 variant 1; Class 2 variants 1, 2, 4; and Class 5 variant 1, while examples of Class 9 are not distributed as evenly throughout the sequence. Caution is needed when interpreting the distribution of pottery in layers 4 and 5 because the quantity of potsherds is noticeably lower (layer 4: 24 potsherds, layer 5: 36 potsherds) than in other layers (layer 1: 94, layer 2: 141, layer 3: 148). Nevertheless, the similarities to Trench A enable us to propose a comparable date for the layers of Trench B, i.e. from the 4th to the 6th or 7th century CE (Table 12).
| Class/variants | Layer 1 | Layer 2 | Layer 3 | Layer 4 | Layer 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 1 variant 1 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 78 |
| Class 1 variant 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Class 1 variant 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Class 2 variant 1 | 18 | 44 | 42 | 5 | 8 | 117 |
| Class 2 variant 2 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 42 |
| Class 2 variant 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Class 2 variant 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| Class 2 variant 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Class 2 variant 6 | 0 | |||||
| Class 3 variant 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Class 3 variant 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |||
| Class 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Class 5 variant 1 | 30 | 30 | 41 | 8 | 6 | 115 |
| Class 5 variant 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Class 5 variant 3 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Class 5 variant 4 | 0 | |||||
| Class 6 variant 1 | 0 | |||||
| Class 6 variant 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Class 6 variant 3 | 0 | |||||
| Class 7 variant 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Class 7 variant 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | |
| Class 8 | 0 | |||||
| Class 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Class 10 variant 1 | 0 | |||||
| Class 10 variant 2 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 94 | 141 | 148 | 24 | 36 | 442 |
| Layer | Date range |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7th to 8th century |
| 2 | 4th to 6th/7th century |
| 3 | 4th to 6th/7th century |
| 4 | 4th to 6th/7th century |
| 5 | 4th to 6th/7th century |
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