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ABCD: 1283

Isca 58 Caerleon


Site code:
1283


Site details:
Location: Isca 58, Caerleon, 1964, Gwent, Wales ST3490
Period: Roman
Category: civilian settlement
Notes: grain assoc. with a timber hut
Topography: lowland river valley
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Helbaek H. 1964. The Isca grain: a Roman plant introduction in Britain. New Phytologist. 63. 158-64. Wales, Gwent

Processed by
HH - Helbaek, Hans: National Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark

Sample: 1283a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
RO.ER nr demolition layer nr Roman 80 130

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: nr
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: imported crop possibly malted
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Agrostemma githago pro c 1 1
Avena sp. pro c Q + 1
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c T 3 1
Bromus sp. pro c Q + 1
cf. Secale cereale pro c Q +++ 1
Hordeum vulgare pro c Q! + 1
Lathyrus aphaca pro c 6 2
Lathyrus cicera pro c 1 1
Lathyrus nissolia pro c 11 3
Lens culinaris pro c T 40 3
Lolium perenne pro c 2 1
Raphanus raphanistrum pro c 14 3
Rumex crispus pro c 2 1
Triticum cf. aestivum pro c Q + 1
Triticum spelta glb c Q ++ 1
Triticum spelta pro c Q +++ 1
Triticum spelta spf c Q ++ 1
Vicia cracca pro c 1 1
Vicia faba var. minor pro c 3 1
Vicia hirsuta pro c 1 1
Vicia sativa pro c 14 3
Vicia tetrasperma pro c 24 3


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