Sample no.,86/148,86/74,86/35,86/154,86/81,86/71,86/15,86/2,80.3.3/55,86/150,86/143,86/41,86/42,86/8,86/45,86/144,86/136,86/141,86/149,86/51,86/73,86/52,86/43 House/Feature,B59,Sondage A,B1/12,B1-4,1100 structure,1037H,1000H,1014pit,,B60,1100,1093,1037,138House/939,1030H,1039H,1100,,781H,1094pit,138 south,pit 1101,House 1037 Room,courtyard entrance,,2,1,3,Area s of room 5,4 NE corner,,,251,4,2,area s of room 5,Room 74/pot A,1/pot A,area s of room 5,7,,1,,,,area s of room 5 Level,pit 6,9,floor 4,floor 1-2,1,1,,1,,below floor 3,E doorway fill,1,c 40cm down,Plaza area A,floor 1,1,1,,floor 1 to 2,2,2,,40cm layer 1 - burnt Context no.,,spit d bottom,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Period,,,Early Islamic,,,Meroitic,Meroitic,,,,X group(LC pit),LC,Meroitic,EC/Xgp transitional,,,,LC,LC2,,,,Meroitic Description,pit fill,,soma fill,fruit,"Pot A possible mouse nest, dug down into EC plaza W2 pot",charred,small pot in pit of Mer/Xgp age R32 bean pot,,cloth containing seeds,twist of cloth,,charred,,pot type R10,vessel contents,,,LC pot,twist of cloth,pit fill,fill,,destruction level Volume (ml),30,3,<1ml,,50,40,50,100,1.6,,60,60,60,60,60,120,180,80,20,80,10,60,70 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,all charred Species,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Hordeum vulgare,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, grains,176,,,,11+26f+1charred,207+100+f,1f+2+6fcharred,,,,,565+1000+f,,6+1f+1charred,3+13f,,,2+1+5f charred,,147+5f,,,29+50f Sprouted grain,,,,,,,,,,,,149,,,,,,,,,,, fragments with embryos - charred,,,,,,114,,,,,,204,,,,,,,,,,, florets,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,18,,9, rachis frags,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, articulated,5,,,,6,,1,,,,,,,7,5,,,2,,10,,3, single,43,,,,13,46,14+3charred,,,,,48,,11,32,,,5+5charred,,84+1charred,,19,5+1 desiccated basal,3,,,,6,1,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,3,,3, paleas & lemmas,,,,,,,,,,,,,,12,,,,,,,,, awns,4f,,,,15f,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, embryos,,,,,,28,,,,,,47,,,,,,2 charred,,,,, Hordeum vulgare - naked grain,,,,,,,,,,,,2,,,,,,,,,,, Triticum sp. Grain,2,,,,2,1,,,,,,16,,2,,,,1 charred,,,,1f,305+1000+f (20 desicc) Triticum sp. embryos,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,92+1sprout Triticum sp. Glume fragments,16,,,,2,,,,,,,,,1rachis frag,,,,,,,,, Triticum sp. basal rachis frags,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1 Triticum aestivum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, grains,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, spikelets,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, rachis frags,29,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,4+1charred,,,,2, glumes,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Triticum durum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, rachis frags,3,,,,2,,17+1charred+21f glumes,,,,,4,,1,1+2glumes,,,,,,,,2 Triticum dicoccum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, part of ear,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, grains,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, rachis frags,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,7,,, single,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, glumes,1,,,,,,3+3charred,,,,,1desiccated,,,1charred,,,,,28+1charred,,4, Spikelets,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,,1, spikelet forks,,,,,,,3+1charred,,,,,,,1,,,,,,15,,, awns,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1f, Sorghum bicolor,cf durra,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, grains,1f+2immature+1ch,,,,1immature,4+6immature,1,,,,,,,1f,,,,1+4f+2immature,,,,1 immature, empty spikelets,26,,,,10,3+2immature,21,,,,,,,20,28,,,9,,8,,, spikelets with grain,2,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,2,,,,,1,,5,1 spikelet bases,10,,,,3,4,,,,,,4,,,,,,,,,,, sterile spikelets,9,,,,11,,5,,,,,,,24,45,,,3,,26,,, glumes,71f,,,,97f,3f,64f,,,,,16f,,154f,221f,,,74f,,100+f,,,15f awns,4f,,,,2f,,,,,,,,,,2f,,,,,,,, Sorghum bicolor ssp. durra,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, free grain,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,232+139f, spikelets with grain,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,30, empty spikelets,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,92, sterile spikelets,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,34, glume fragements,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,100+, Setaria italica,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, grains,2,,,,,6,,,,,,6+1desicc,,,,,,1charred,,2,,1charred, spikelets,2,,,,4,,,,,,,2desicc,,,5,,,,,6,,4,1 desicc empty spikelets,2,,,,,,18,,,,,,,10,8,,,2,,107,,, paleas & lemmas,1,,,,20,1,126,,,,,,2,70,61,,,17,,100+,,23, bristles,1,,,,1,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,37,,1, rachis frags,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Panicum miliaceum ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, spikelets,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,5,,,1,,,,2, Culm nodes,8,,,,39,,4+1charred,,,,,1,,4,11,,,3,,15+1internode,,5+1base, Cereal grain indet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2f charred, Others,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Acacia nilotica,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Pods,9f,,,,1+2f+2fcharred,,,,,,,1f,,,1f,,,2f,,,,1f, seeds,2+3f,,,,1+4f,,1,,,,,1ftesta,,5f,2f,,,1,,,,, leaflets,,,,,2,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,, Anetheum graveolens/Foeniculum vulgare,,,,,1Anetheum graveolens,,,,,,,,,50 Anetheum/24 Foeniculum ,,,,1 Anetheum ,,1 Foeniculum,,, Brassica/Sinapis,,,,,4,,,,,,,,,19,,,,,,,,, Citrullus lanatus,22f+1charred,11+1f,,,22f,,4f,,,7,,,,44f,3f,,,16f,,26f,27,10f,2f desicc Coriandrum sativum,,,7+9(1/2s)+1immature,,,,,,1+2(1/2)+8attachments,,,,,2+5imm+2inners+2f,1immature+2f,,,,,3f,,,1 Ficus sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, whole ,,,,,,42f,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,1+2 peduncles,,,1f seeds,1,,,,,22+5peduncles,46,,,,,,,4,24+1charred,,,,,126,,31,33+1pedicel Gossypium sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seeds,1+10f+2fcharred,,,,,17f,1+1charred,,,,,9f,1+1fcharred,2f,6f,,,1f,,1+9f,,3f,1+11f (1f desicc) calyx,1f,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1f,,,,,,,, Hyphaene thebaica,1f testa,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Lens culinaris,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seeds,,,,,3,,,,,,,1,,2,,,,1cot charred,,1,,,2 cotyledons,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, testa frags,,,,,32+6hilums,,3,,,,,,,399+17hilums,31,,,,,8+2hilums,,1, pod frags,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1immature, Lepidium sativum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seeds,,,1,,,16,1charred,,,,,,,1,3,,,,,,,,164 valves - half,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,6,,19,1 stems with pods attached,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Linum usitatissimum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seeds,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1f,,, Immature capsules,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, capsule frags,,,,,,,4+1attachments,,,,,,,,4,,,,,6f,,, stems,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Phalaris minor,,,,,1,1,,,,,,,,3,,,,1,,,,, Phoenix dactylifera,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seeds,,,,,1+26f,1+6f,,,,,,5,,1+2f,1+3f,,2 whole fruits,1f charred,,,,,1f testa frags,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, calyx frags,1,,,,7+15f+2rachilla,,1,,,,,1f,,4,,,,1,,1,,2, male flower,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, female rachis ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Leaf fragments,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Raphanus sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seeds,,,,,,,1f epidermis,,,,,16+1f epidermis,,1f epidermis,,,,2,,,,, pod frags,,,,,,,1charred,,,,,,,,,,,1,,1,,3, Ricinus communis,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, beans,,,,,,7+40f inner,,,1,,,,72+100+f,,,,,,,,,,19 fragments,10+12charred,,,,8f,100s,406,,,,,42f,100+,16f,24f,,,3f,,27,,40,1000+ pod frags,1,,,,,1f,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1f Solanum sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,1,,,,,,,1, Vitis vinifera,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seeds,1f,,,,1f,,,,,,,1f,3,1f,1+1f,,,3f,,1+2f,,3f,1f Insect remains,some,,,,few(some weevils),few,v.v.common - fly puparia+weevils,,,,,some,,few,some,,,1000s fly pup,,common fly pup,,common,some Thorns,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,1,1,,,,,2,,, Ziziphus spina-christi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Charcoal frags,48,,,,15,,75,,,,,104,,7,14,,,26,,28,,36, unknowns,4,,,,1,,2,,,,,1,,,3,,,,1fruit,1,,1,3 bone,1f,2fish vert,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Poaceae sp.,16spikelets+2caryopses,,,,7spikelets,1caryopsis,,,,,,,,2spikelets,2spikelets,,,,,3+1charred,,7spikelets+1 charred caryopsis,3f Cucumis sativus,,31,,,1f,,1f,,,9,,,,2f,,,1cf epidermis frag,,,5f,2,, Lagenaria siceraria,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1f+2f cotyledon Cyperus sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, nutlets,2,,,,1,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,3+1spike frag,,,1 desicc Cyperus rotundus tubers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Cyperaceae culm bases,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Enarthrocarpus lyratus,,,,,62f,,1f pod,,,,,,1f,3pods+3f,2f pods,,,,,2pod f,,1 pod f,1f Portulaca oleracea,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Leaf fragments,,,,,3+1petal,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,1000+f,11,,, Luffa cylindrica,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Ambrosia maritima,,,,,1f,,1+14f,,,,,,,,1f,,,,,23f,,1f,1f Large legume pods*,,,,,18f+5pedicels,,,,,,,,,,3f,,,,,,,, Mimusops schrimperi,,,,,1f,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Sorghum bicolor ssp arundinaceum race virgatum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Spikelets,,,,,1,,26+8f,,,,,,,,2,,,1f,,8,,, pedicels,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Seeds,,,,,,,1f+1immature charred,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, awn fragments,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Sisymbrium type,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, pods,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, seeds,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Aerva javanica,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,, Coronopus niloticus,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Citrullus colocynthus,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Sorghum bicolor bicolor/Sorghum bicolor arundinaceum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Cajanus cajun,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Stems,,,,,26,7,,,,,,,,10,,,,,,,, Tamarix nilotica stems,13,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,2 cf Malus sp. Endocarp fragments,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Glinus lotoides,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Silene sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Punica granatum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Cerealia indet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1f charred,,,,,4f charred,, Dactyloctenium aegyptium,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Resin,,,,,,,,,,,,,1f,,,,,,,,, Rumex sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Asteraceae flowerhead,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Echium rauwolfii type,,,,,2+4f,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Abutilon pannosum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Camel dung pellets,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Rodent dung pellets,,,,,200,20,16,,,,,7,3,125,111,,,,,11,,6,2 sheep/goat dung,5,,,,1,,,,,,,3,,3,3,,,2,,,,, fused silica + metal slag,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Avena sp.,,,,,cf sativa 7+7f+1 floret base,,,,,,,,,2,,,,,,,,3 floret frags, Lolium temulentum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1, Lolium temulentum f. temulentum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Lolium temulentum rachis fragments,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Imperata cylindrica culm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,,,, Pisum sativum,1hilum,,,,4hilums,,,,,,,,,50f testa+2 hilums,18ftesta+3hilums,,,,,,,1hilum + 3testa f,1cot frag Nigella sativa,,,,,,,,,318,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,6joined+7single cf Ocimum sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,73+2calyx frags,,,,,,,,,,, Pennisetum glaucum,4involucres,,,,2inflorescence frags+37involucres+56spikelets+2grain,1,,,,,,,,21invols+11spikelets+3grain,5invols+10spikelets,,,1invol+1spikelet,,,,4spikelets+6 involucres+1grain, Malva parviflora,1,,,,,,,,,,,3,,1+5f outer mericarp,,,,,,,,, Medicago type ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Carthamus tinctoria,,,,,8f,,,,,,,,,2+27f,,,,,,,,4, ? Legumes,4f pods,,,,,,,,,,,,,1f attachments,,,,,,,,, Vigna unguiculata,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, pods,,,,,,,,,,,,,,9f,,,,,,,,, straw,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Leaf fragments,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, flower buds,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, flowers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, beans,2hilums,,,,1hilum,,,,,,,,,2 hilums,,,,,,,,1 hilum, Legume flowers,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Legume testa fragments,7,,,,42,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cf Anthemis sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Trifolium type,,,,,6,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1+1pod f,1 Chenopodium murale,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Lupinus albus,1f testa,,,,6ftesta+1hilum,,,,,,,,,9testa frags+2 hilums,9f testa,,1,,,1f testa,, Sesamum orientale,,,,,1+1pod f,1,,,,,,,,3fpods+2seeds,,,,,,,, Fimbistylis bisumbellata,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cf Oryza sativa,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Cannabis sativa,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Crypsis sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Allium cepa epidermis fragments,1,,,,,,1f,,,,,,,,2,,2bulbs+100+ f,,,1,,1 Cichorum pumilum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Vicia sp. ,,,,,,,,,,,,2,,,,,,,,,, Tephrosia cf purpurea,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cf Cicer arientinum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,, Apiaceae indet,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,2 Allium sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3 frags of stem,,,,, Cordia myxa,,,,,,1,,,,,65whole fruits+6stones +9f,,,,,1,,,,,, Cassia sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Trigonella hamosa pod,1f pod frag,,,,,,,,,,,,,1+1seed,,,,,,,, cf Morus nigra,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Allium sativum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1clove+8f epidermis,,,11cloves+5 root bases,,, Beta vulgaris,,,,,1+1seed,,,,,,,,,12+58f +2seeds+16 flowers,,,,,, Aegilops longissima,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Trachyospermum copticum,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Trigonella foenum-grecorum,1f testa,,,,,,,,,,,,,13f,,,,,,2f woody seed,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Daucus carota,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Lamiaceae,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, cf Celtis integrifolia,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Amaranthus sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,,,,, flowerhead,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Olea europaea,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ?Trigonella sp.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Cuminum cynacum,,,,,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Acacia albida pod,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Apium graveolens,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Lablab purpureus,,,,,,,,,,,,1hilum,,,, Brassicaceae,4,,,,1,,,,,,,,,10f,, Desmostachya bipinnata ,2shoot covers+ 1rhizome frag,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Ficus cf carica seeds,1,,,,,,,,,,,,64,,, cf Heliotropium sp.,2,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Legume seeds,3 to be id'd,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Calotropis procera/Oxystelma esculentum/Pleurostelum schimperi,,,,1 fruit,,,,,,,,,,,, Morhinga peregrina,,,,,,,,59,,,,,,,,1 cf Capparis spinosa,,,,,,,,,,,,1,,,, Phalaris paradoxa,,,,,,,,,,,,,,3,, Balanites aegyptiaca,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1whole+23stones