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ABCD: 1055

Westward Ho! 83-4 nr Bideford


Site code:
1055


Site details:
Location: Westward Ho! 83-4, nr Bideford, 1987, Devon, England SS429294
Period: mesolithic
Category: shell midden
Notes: midden overlain by peat lying on blue transgression clay
Topography: coastal wetland
Condition: waterlogged
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Vaughan D. 1987. IIv. The plant macrofossils. 233-38. In: Balaam N D (et al.). Prehistoric and Romano-British sites at Westward Ho!, Devon, 1983-1984. In: Balaam N D, Levitan B and Straker S (eds). Studies in palaeoeconomy and environment in SW England. BAR BS 181. England, Devon

Processed by
DV - Vaughan, Marie-Dominique: (see DM) DUA/Inst of Arch/AML

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

MR - Robinson, Mark: Oxford Univ

SMC - Colledge, Susan M: Birmingham Univ/ Institute of Archaeol. London

Sample: 1055a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.ML Block 26 natural peat humified fen peat ?mesolithic ? ?

Context integrity: 3
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: peat immediatly above & assoc with midden
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Ajuga reptans pro w 24 3
Callitriche sp. pro w 17 3
Carex cf. hirta pro w Q + 1
Carex cf. strigosa/pallescens pro w Q +++ 1
Carex disticha pro w Q ++ 1
Carex lepidocarpa/flava pro w Q +++ 1
Carex sp. pro w P1 1630 5
cf. Ranunculus sp. pro w 2 1
Cornus sanguineus pro w 77 4
Corylus avellana pro w Q1 107 4
Crataegus cf. monogyna pro c 1 1
Crataegus cf. monogyna pro w 8 2
Eupatorium cannabinum pro w 76 4
Filipendula ulmaria pro w 6 2
Fragaria vesca pro w 4 1
indet. abs w 7 2
indet. bds w 287 4
indet. mos w Q2 + 1
Mentha sp. pro w 1 1
Populus sp. bds w 1 1
Potentilla palustris pro w 2 1
Prunus spinosa pro w 11 3
Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w T 23 3
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 191 4
Rubus sp. pri w 18 3
Rumex sp. pro w A 36 3
Salix sp. bds w 15 3
Salix sp. cat w 23 3
Solanum dulcamara pro w 88 4
Viola sp. pro w 5 2


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