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ABCD: 1240

Ty Mawr 78-82 Holyhead Is. Anglesey


Site code:
1240


Site details:
Location: Ty Mawr 78-82, Holyhead Is. Anglesey, 1987, Gwynedd, Wales SH2580
Period: mesolithic - early medieval
Category: hut circles homestead
Notes: samples from 6thC reoccupation of site poss reworking
Topography: coastal/island 46-220m
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Williams D. 1987. Plant macrofossils. 64-8. In: Smith C. 1987. Excavations at the Ty Mawr Hut-circles, Holyhead, Anglesey. Part III The finds. Archaeol. Cambrensis. 135. 12-80. Wales, Gwynedd

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DW - Williams, Dorian: York, EAU

LM - Moffett, Lisa: Birmingham Univ

Sample: 1240a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.SE.ES T4 296/297 pit fill & hearth ? 6thc 520 580

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: poss earlier cont.
Archaeological interpretion: C14 date does not fit archaeol.

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Avena sp. pro c 4 1
Cerealia pro c 3 1
cf. Avena sp. fgt c 3 1
Chenopodium sp. pro c 1 1
Gramineae pro c C 1 1
Hordeum sp. rch c 1 1
indet. fgt c 2 1
Plantago lanceolata pro c 1 1
Triticum sp. pro c N 1 1
Triticum spelta glb c 1 1


Sample: 1240b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.SE.ES T1 17 floor layer grey brown clayey so 6thc 520 580

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: discarded cereal waste
Archaeological interpretion: floor sealed by rubble

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
cf. Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c T 1 1
Galium sp. pro c 2 1
Hordeum vulgare pro c ! 4 1
indet. pro c 2 1
Leguminosae pro c 1 1
Polygonaceae fgt c 1 1
Polygonum sp. fgt c N2 1 1
Raphanus raphanistrum pro c 1 1
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro c 1 1
Trifolium sp. pro c 3 1
Triticum aestivo-compactum pro c 2 1
Triticum dicoccon pro c 2 1
Triticum sp. fgt c 5 1
Triticum spelta glb c 13 2
Ulex europaeus pro m 1 1
Avena sp. pro c 7 1
Cerealia clm c 1 1
Cerealia fgt c 8 1
cf. Avena sp. fgt c 1 1
cf. Hordeum sp. fgt c 2 1


Sample: 1240c
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.SE.ES T4 269 occupation layer/floor ? 6th cAD ? ?

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: crop processing debris
Archaeological interpretion: floor/occupation layer

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Avena sp. pro c 2 1
Bromus sp. pro c 2 1
Carex sp. pro c 2 1
Cerastium sp. pro c 1 1
Cerealia pro c 11 2
cf. Anthemis arvensis pro c 4 1
cf. Cerealia pro c 22 3
cf. Danthonia decumbens pro c T 4 1
cf. Eleocharis sp. pro c 1 1
cf. Gramineae pro c 3 1
cf. Leguminosae pro c 10 2
cf. Medicago lupulina pro c 1 1
cf. Triticum dicoccon pro c 8 1
cf. Vicia sp. pro c 8 1
Chenopodium sp. pro c 2 1
Cruciferae pro c 1 1
Erica cinerea pro c 11 2
Gramineae pro c 6 1
Hordeum sp. pro c !2 4 1
Hordeum vulgare pro c ! 1 1
Plantago lanceolata pro c 3 1
Potentilla sp. pro c 2 1
Ranunculus sp. pro c 1 1
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro c 1 1
Triticum dicoccon pro c 3 1
Triticum sp. glb c !3 129 4
Triticum sp. pro c 5 1
Triticum spelta glb c 16 2
Triticum spelta pro c 2 1


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