ABCD: 1037

Austin Friars 73-8 Leicester

Site code:

1037

Site details:

Location: Austin Friars 73-8, Leicester, 1985, Leicestershire, England SK580060
Period: pre-Boreal
Category: natural
Notes: 200mm peatbed found during excav of Friary
Topography: lowland river valley
Condition: waterlogged
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Greig J R A. 1985. The plant remains. 5-9. In: Shackley M and Hunt S A. 1985. Palaeoenvironment of a mesolithic peat bed from Austin Friars, Leicester. Trans. Leicestershire Archaeol. Hist. Soc. 109. 1984-5. 1-12. England, Leicestershire

Processed by

JRG - Greig, James R: Birmingham Univ, Dept Plant Sciences

SAH - Hunt, Sally-Ann:

Sample: 1037a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH	AF389 1983	natural peat	peat underlying blue	pre-Boreal	?	?
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: natural Archaeological interpretion: natural
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Ajuga reptans pro w 5 2 Alnus/Corylus sp. wwd w Q + 1 Berula erecta pro w 101 4 Calluna vulgaris lsh w Q + 1 Carex disticha pro w 12 3 Carex rostrata pro w 19 3 Carex sp. pro w 6 2 Chara sp. pro w 3 1 Chenopodium sp. pro w 4 1 Cirsium sp. pro w 2 1 Conium maculatum pro w 4 1 Cruciata laevipes pro w T 9 2 Epilobium sp. pro w 4 1 Hippuris vulgaris pro w 6 2 Juncus sp. pro w 1 1 Lycopus europaeus pro w 318 4 Mentha sp. pro w 2 1 Potamogeton natans pro w 5 2 Ranunculus sceleratus pro w 11 3 Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w T 3 1 Rumex sp. pro w 9 2 Salix sp. wwd w Q + 1 Scirpus lacustris pro w 755 5 Stachys sp. pro w 4 1 Stellaria media pro w 3 1 Teucrium sp. pro w 1 1 Typha sp. pro w 49 3 Urtica dioica pro w 8 2

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