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Radiocarbon Sample Information
Gd-436 Biskupice Furn 23 Age: 2020 ± 155 BP δ 13C: -25.00‰ (PBD) |
Sample name: | Biskupice Furn 23 |
Submitter: | Woyda Stefan |
Institution: |
Muzeum Starożytnego Hutnictwa Mazowieckiego Plac Jana Pawła II 05-800 Pruszków |
Collector: Date of collection: |
Woyda Stefan Oct 1976 |
Additional information: | base of smelting furnace No.23, a layer of very dark deposit containing lumps of charcoal and ferruginous slag, depth 80cm |
Material of sample: | charcoal |
Contamination: | none |
Type of site: | excavation |
Field of study: | archaeology |
Sample location: | |
Site name: | Biskupice |
Latitude: | 52 10 00N |
Longitude: | 20 43 00E |
Detailed description of the sample location: | |
Biskupice near Brwinow, on floodplain terrace of Zimna Woda river. | |
Environment description: | |
Site 1 of iron foundry settlement, dated to 1st century BC/4th century AD. Excavations started in 1976 in 7000m2 area and resulted in discovery of 580 smelting furnaces, 3 limekilns and 10 pit dwellings. |
References to literature: | Radiocarbon Data List VI |
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