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ABCD: 1013

Little Waltham r/c 71 nr Chelmsford


Site code:
1013


Site details:
Location: Little Waltham r/c 71, nr Chelmsford, 1978, Essex, England TL705126
Period: early Bronze Age
Category: natural
Notes: detritus fill of already abandoned river channel
Topography: lowland river channel
Condition: waterlogged
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Peglar S M and Wilson D G. 1978. Appendix II The abandoned river channel. 146-8. In: Drury P J. Excavations at Little Waltham 1970-71. CBA Research Report 26. Chelmsford Excavation Committee. England, Essex

Processed by
DGW - Wilson, Dr D Gay: Botany School, Cambridge

SMP - Peglar, Sylvia M: Botany School Cambridge

Sample: 1013a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.BA.EB 1 channel fill detritus mud/alluviu early Bronze Age ? ?

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: detritus deposit in shallow still water
Archaeological interpretion: natural water channel

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Alisma plantago-aquatica pro w Q + 1
Alnus glutinosa cns w Q + 1
Alnus glutinosa frt w Q + 1
Alnus glutinosa wwd w Q + 1
Aphanes microcarpa pro w Q + 1
Arenaria serpyllifolia pro w Q + 1
Atriplex hastata type pro w QX + 1
Atriplex patula pro w Q + 1
Betula pendula cns w Q + 1
Betula pendula frt w Q + 1
Bidens cf. cernua pro w Q + 1
Bidens tripartita pro w Q + 1
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w Q + 1
Callitriche sp. pro w Q + 1
Cardamine hirsuta pro w Q + 1
Carex cf. spicata pro w Q + 1
Carex dioica pro w Q + 1
Carex sp. pro w QP + 1
Cerastium fontanum pro w QT + 1
cf. Quercus sp. pro w Q + 1
cf. Sagittaria sagittifolia pro w Q + 1
Chenopodium album pro w Q + 1
Chenopodium album var. reticulatum pro w QX + 1
Cirsium sp. pro w QP + 1
Compositae pro w Q + 1
Corylus avellana pro w Q + 1
Corylus avellana wwd w Q + 1
Crataegus monogyna tho w Q + 1
Crataegus monogyna wwd w Q + 1
Cruciferae pro w Q + 1
Epilobium hirsutum/parviflorum pro w Q + 1
Galeopsis tetrahit agg. pro w Q + 1
Gramineae pro w Q + 1
Hydrocotyle vulgaris pro w Q + 1
Hypericum cf. perforatum pro w Q + 1
Juncus sp. pro w QP + 1
Lapsana communis pro w Q + 1
Leguminosae fls w QT + 1
Leguminosae pod w QT + 1
Lycopus europaeus pro w Q + 1
Medicago lupulina pod w Q + 1
Mentha cf. aquatica pro w Q + 1
Moehringia trinervia pro w Q + 1
Myosotis sp. pro w Q + 1
Plantago major pro w Q + 1
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w QT + 1
Polygonum hydropiper pro w Q + 1
Polygonum lapathifolium pro w Q + 1
Polygonum persicaria pro w Q + 1
Potamogeton cf. berchtoldii pro w Q + 1
Potamogeton cf. filiformis pro w Q + 1
Potentilla reptans pro w Q + 1
Prunella vulgaris pro w Q + 1
Prunus domestica ssp. insititia fgt w Q + 1
Prunus spinosa pro w Q + 1
Prunus spinosa tho w Q + 1
Pteridium type spo w Q + 1
Quercus sp. wwd w Q + 1
Ranunculus acris pro w Q + 1
Ranunculus bulbosus pro w Q + 1
Ranunculus parviflorus pro w Q + 1
Ranunculus repens pro w Q + 1
Ranunculus sceleratus pro w Q + 1
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w Q + 1
Rumex acetosella agg. pro w Q + 1
Rumex cf. acetosa pro w Q + 1
Rumex crispus per w Q + 1
Rumex sp. pro w QP + 1
Salix sp. bsc w QP + 1
Sambucus nigra pro w Q + 1
Scrophularia sp. pro w Q + 1
Sisymbrium officinale pro w Q + 1
Sonchus asper pro w Q + 1
Sonchus oleraceus pro w Q + 1
Sparganium erectum ssp. erectum pro w QT + 1
Stellaria media pro w Q + 1
Stellaria neglecta pro w Q + 1
Tamus communis pro w Q + 1
Tilia cf. cordata pro w Q + 1
Typha sp. pro w Q + 1
Urtica dioica pro w Q + 1
Viola sp. pro w QP + 1


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