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ABCD: 1209

Knights Farm 1 74-8 Burghfield, nr Reading (subsite 1)


Site code:
1209


Site details:
Location: Knights Farm 1 74-8, Burghfield, nr Reading (subsite 1), 1980, Berkshire, England SU678700
Period: Bronze Age 11th-8th c bc
Category: pit cluster
Notes: cluster of pits with 3 outliers, pond & short linear ditch
Topography: gravel river terrace
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Clark A. 1980. Pollen. 277-80. In: Bradley R, Lobb S, Richards J and Robinson M. Two late Bronze Age settlements on the Kennet Gravels: Excavations at Knight's Farm, Burghfield, Berkshire. Proc. Prehist. Soc. 46. 217-95. England, Berkshire

Robinson M. 1980. Environmental evidence. 277-82. In: Bradley R, Lobb S, Richards J and Robinson M. Two late Bronze Age settlements on the Kennet Gravels: Excavations at Knight's Farm, Burghfield, Berkshire. Proc. Prehist. Soc. 46. 217-95. England, Berkshire

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MR - Robinson, Mark: Oxford Univ

Sample: 1209a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.BA 8/4 pit fill or pond fill brown organic gravel Bronze Age -1100 -1000

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: pond
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Atriplex sp. pro w 2 1
Bidens sp. pro w 1 1
Carex sp. pro w Q 10 3
Caryophyllaceae pro w 17 3
Chenopodium cf. polyspermum pro w 12 3
Cornus sanguineus pro w T 1 1
Gramineae pro w Q 63 4
indet. abs w Q2 + 1
indet. bds w Q2 + 1
indet. lvs w Q2 + 1
indet. twi w Q2 + 1
Juncus sp. pro w Q 3301 5
Lycopus europaeus pro w 10 3
Mentha sp. pro w 2 1
Papaver dubium/hybridum/lecoquii/rhoeas pro w 1 1
Plantago major pro w 1 1
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 1 1
Polygonum hydropiper pro w 3 1
Polygonum persicaria pro w 1 1
Prunella vulgaris pro w 1 1
Ranunculus cf. repens pro w 47 3
Ranunculus flammula/reptans pro w 1 1
Rorippa sp. pro w Q 146 4
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 2 1
Rumex sp. pro w P 2 1
Stachys sp. pro w 1 1
Stellaria media pro w 1 1
Urtica dioica pro w 28 3


Sample: 1209b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.BA 6/6 pond fill dark grey organic gr Bronze Age -800 -700

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: pond
Archaeological interpretion: pond

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Alnus glutinosa cat w 2 1
Aphanes arvensis agg. pro w 1 1
Arenaria sp. pro w 1 1
Atriplex sp. pro w 1 1
Carex sp. pro w P 17 3
Caryophyllaceae pro w 2 1
Chenopodiaceae pro w 2 1
Chenopodium album pro w 2 1
Crataegus sp. pro w 4 1
Fumaria sp. pro w 1 1
Gramineae pro w Q 22 3
Hypericum sp. pro w 22 3
indet. abs w Q2 + 1
indet. bds w Q2 + 1
indet. lvs w Q2 + 1
indet. twi w Q2 + 1
indet. wwd w Q2 + 1
Juncus sp. pro w Q 1963 5
Labiatae pro w 1 1
Lemna sp. pro w 51 4
Linum catharticum pro w 2 1
Lycopus europaeus pro w 3 1
Mentha sp. pro w 33 3
Oenanthe cf. aquatica pro w 108 4
Papaver dubium/hybridum/lecoquii/rhoeas pro w 2 1
Plantago major pro w 4 1
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 2 1
Polygonum persicaria pro w 4 1
Potentilla anserina pro w 4 1
Potentilla cf. reptans pro w 8 2
Prunella vulgaris pro w 1 1
Prunus spinosa pro w 1 1
Ranunculus cf. repens pro w 29 3
Ranunculus parviflorus pro w 1 1
Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w 33 3
Rhamnus catharticus pro w 1 1
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 10 3
Rumex sp. pro w P 4 1
Sambucus nigra pro w 3 1
Solanum sp. pro w 1 1
Umbelliferae pro w 1 1
Urtica dioica pro w 14 3


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