ABCD: 1291

Finsbury Circus 19-21 London

Site code:

1291

Site details:

Location: Finsbury Circus 19-21, London, 1921, Greater London, England TQ350850
Period: Roman/?post Roman/medieval
Category: urban occupation
Notes: reed bed overlain by C15th black mud
Topography: gravel river terrace
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Reid E M. 1920-1. Analysis of a sample from the reed-bed. 111. In: Lambert F. Some recent excavations in London. Archaeologia. 71. 55-112. England, Greater London

Processed by

EMR - Reid, Eleanor M: (1921)

Sample: 1291a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
ND	-	layer	reedy dark earth	Roman or post Roman	?	?
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: pot Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: reed bed, overlain by 15th c black mud Archaeological interpretion: natural flooding or poss. on purpose by Romans
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Apium nodiflorum pro w 7 3 Atriplex littoralis pro w Q + 1 Carduus nutans pro w 2 1 Carex sp. pro w 2 1 Ceratophyllum submersum pro w Q + 1 cf. Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w Q + 1 Chenopodium botryodes pro w Q + 1 Conium maculatum pro w Q + 1 Eleocharis palustris pro w 1 1 Equisetum cf. maxima stm w Q +++ 1 Ficus carica pro w 1 1 Lapsana communis pro w 2 1 Myosoton aquaticum pro w T 2 1 Myriophyllum spicatum pro w 1 1 Oenanthe cf. crocata pro w 4 2 Picris echioides pro w T 1 1 Polygonum mite pro w Q + 1 Ranunculus repens pro w 1 1 Ranunculus sceleratus pro w 5 3 Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w Q + 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 2 1 Rumex maritimus pro w Q ++ 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 5 3 Scirpus tabernaemontani pro w 2 1 Silene maritima pro w 1 1 Sonchus arvensis pro w Q + 1 Sonchus asper pro w Q + 1 Stellaria media pro w 1 1 Torilis japonica pro w N 1 1 Urtica urens pro w 6 3 Zannichellia palustris pro w 3 2

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