Table 1 Characterization and fragmentation patterns of olive-pit assemblages from Hishuley Carmel and Kfar Samir.

From: Early production of table olives at a mid-7th millennium BP submerged site off the Carmel coast (Israel)

Morphology of pits

Hishuley Carmel

Kfar Samir

Gross weight gr

Net weight gr

% of net weight

Intact pits (count or equivalent in absolute numbers)

% of total count

Gross weight gr

Net weight gr

% of total net weight

Intact pits (count or equivalent in absolute numbers)

% of total count

Whole pits

396.2

341.7

44.1

1,363

43.8

174.6

128.3

12.7

661

12.9

Halved pits

30.0

30.0

3.9

122

3.9

29.6

29.6

2.9

144

2.8

Fragments

403.0

403.0

52.0

1,628

52.3

851.5

851.5

84.4

4,301

84.2

Total

829.2

774.7

100

3,113

100

1,055.7

1,009.4

100

5,106

100