Attributes of Refitted Antlers

• Identification number (ID): Each refitting unit has a unique identification number. Most of the critical refitting units are displayed in Fig. 29.
• Refit: These are the inventory numbers of each of the antler refits. The inventory numbers contain two parts, separated by a slash - the number of the excavation square, and the find number for the excavation square.
  The links from this field go to the detailed morphological description (if available) in the Main Antler Catalogue.
• Morphological description (of conjoining finds): Conjoining antler finds of each refit are listed with small letters in the same order as in the Refit field.
  The links in this field are to each find's entry in the Metrical data set.
• Spatial provenance: All finds are classified as coming from: A= diluvial fan, B= shore terrace or C= pavement, according to the facies definitions given by D. Mania (1980). Also see fig.1
  The links from this field go to the relevant entry (if available) in the Locational data set.
• Distance between conjoining finds (measured from the documentation, where possible). The distances are measured between the conjoining breakage planes. If more than two finds are parts of a refitting unit, the distances for each refit are given. Because of documentation gaps, not all distances are measurable (indicated by a question mark - ?).
• Stratigraphic provenance: All finds come from:
  • planum a: Chara limestone horizon
  • planum b: main find horizon on the shore terrace) or,
  • planum c: pavement)

  Finds from the pavement area, encountered lying higher than the pavement are registered as planum b. Stratigraphic information describing the exact position of finds from the diluvial fan are not available. In particular, objects encountered in the channels, overlain by the travertine sands of the diluvial fan sensu stricto, often cannot be related to those channels. For some selected finds, the stratigraphic position inside the diluvial fan is described in the cited literature. Most finds from the Chara limestone are not well documented and so have been deduced as follows:
  Finds >5cm that are not mapped in the documentation mostly come from the Chara limestone horizon or the fault (if one of the numerous faults disturbing the excavation area is located in the same grid square, and the material from the fault was considered to have been dislodged, then these finds are not documented).
  Differential decay does not always help solve the question of provenance for those finds, nor do the excavation finds reports. If provenance cannot be ascertained from the documentation, or if finds from the diluvial fan cannot be further located within the travertine sands or the channels below, then these are indicated by a question mark.
  Also see the locational data set entries for each find - view via the links in the Spatial provenance field.

• Special characteristics: Other observations, preservation state etc. No illustrations of refitting units are available.