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ABCD: 1043

Fore St Taunton 79 Taunton


Site code:
1043


Site details:
Location: Fore St Taunton 79, Taunton, 1990, Somerset, England ST230240
Period: Roman/post-Medieval
Category: urban burgage plots
Notes: pits in backyards of plots
Topography: lowland
Condition: mx
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Greig J. 1990. 1. Plant and parasite remains from 16th century pits 22, 41 and 56. 139-49. In: Burrow I (ed). Excavations at 5-8 Fore Street, Taunton, 1979. Proc. Somerset Archaeol. Nat. Hist. Soc. 132 (for 1988). 95-164. England, Somerset

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

Sample: 1043a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.PM.16 P41/P22/P5 pit fill richly organic post-medieval 1500 1600

Context integrity: 3
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: arte
Dating validity: 2
Environmental interpretion: cess
Archaeological interpretion: pit fill

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Aethusa cynapium pro w 1 1
Agrostemma githago pro w 5 2
Alismataceae pro w 1 1
Alnus glutinosa pol w + 1
Anthemis cotula pro w 38 3
Atriplex sp. pro w 10 3
Avena sp. pro w 15 3
Bellis perennis pro w 1 1
Betula sp. pro w 6 2
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 3 1
Borago officinalis pro w X 1 1
Brassica sp. pro w 68 4
Caltha palustris pro w 61 4
Cannabaceae pol w + 1
Carex cf. disticha pro w 3 1
Carex cf. flava group pro w X 10 3
Carex cf. hirta pro w 4 1
Carex cf. ovalis pro w 4 1
Carex sp. pro w 12 3
Centaurea cyanus pol w + 1
Centaurea nigra type pol w + 1
Cerastium arvense pro w 8 2
Cerastium fontanum pro w 1 1
cf. Chaerophyllum aureum pro w 2 1
cf. Malus sylvestris pro w 75 4
cf. Pyrus communis pro w 41 3
Chenopodium album pro w 4 1
Chenopodium sp. pro w 13 3
Chrysanthemum segetum pro w 9 2
Cirsium sp. pro w 2 1
Convolvulus arvensis pol w + 1
Coriandrum sativum pro w 1 1
Corylus avellana pol w + 1
Dipsacus fullonum pro w 12 3
Eleocharis palustris/uniglumis pro w 22 3
Fagus sylvatica pol w + 1
Ficus carica pro w 7050 5
Filipendula type pol w + 1
Foeniculum vulgare pro w 44 3
Fragaria vesca pro w 531 5
Fumaria sp. pro w 1 1
Gramineae pro w 57 4
Hypochoeris sp. pro w 1 1
indet. mos w Q + 1
Juncus sp. pro w 1 1
Lapsana communis pro w 4 1
Leontodon sp. pro w 2 1
Linum cf. usitatissimum pro w 4 1
Malva sp. pro w 1 1
Onobrychis type pol w + 1
Papaver somniferum pro w 19 3
Petroselinum crispum pro w 3 1
Picris hieracioides pro w 1 1
Piper nigrum pro w 3 1
Plantago lanceolata pol w + 1
Plantago media pol w + 1
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 3 1
Polygonum cf. persicaria pro w 2 1
Polygonum hydropiper pro w 1 1
Prunella vulgaris pro w 3 1
Prunus domestica ssp. insititia pro w 4 1
Prunus spinosa pro w 21 3
Pteridium aquilinum rch w 66 4
Quercus sp. pol w + 1
Ranunculus sardous pro w 1 1
Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w T 297 4
Reseda luteola pro w 13 3
Rhinanthus type pol w + 1
Rosa/Rubus sp. tho w 5 2
Rubiaceae pol w + 1
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 325 4
Rumex crispus pro w 2 1
Rumex sp. pro w 8 2
Salix sp. pol w + 1
Sambucus nigra pro w 33 3
Satureja montana pro w X 6 2
Schoenus nigricans pro w 4 1
Solanum nigrum pro w 1 1
Sonchus arvensis pro w 2 1
Sonchus asper pro w 3 1
Sonchus oleraceus pro w 3 1
Spergula arvensis pro w 3 1
Stellaria graminea pro w 1 1
Stellaria media/neglecta pro w 3 1
Taraxacum sp. pro w 1 1
Thalictrum sp. pol w + 1
Torilis japonica pro w 2 1
Trifolium pratense type pol w + 1
Trifolium repens type pol w + 1
Triticum sp. pro c 2 1
Ulex sp. lvs w 2 1
Ulmus sp. pol w + 1
Urtica dioica pro w 11 3
Vaccinium cf. myrtillus pro w 351 4
Vicia faba type pol w + 1
Vitis vinifera pro w 93 4


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