ABCD: 1306

St Aldates (33) Oxford

Site code:

1306

Site details:

Location: St Aldates (33), Oxford, 1984, Oxfordshire, England SP540040
Period: Late Saxon 10th - 13th c
Category: causeway & settlement
Notes: excavations carried out to find river crossing & causeway
Topography: gravel river terrace
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Robinson M. 1984. Agricultural debris against Norman bridge and early habitation. 77-9 & fiche. In: Durham B. 1984. The Thames crossing at Oxford: Archaeological Studies 1979-82. [33 St Aldates] Oxoniensia. 49. 57-100. England, Oxfordshire

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MR - Robinson, Mark: Oxford Univ

Sample: 1306a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.AS	L11	layer	humic silt	?mid-late Saxon	900	100
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: wl Dating method: none Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: accumulation in reed swamp with sewage Archaeological interpretion: silt overlying an undated wattle fence
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Oenanthe aquatica pro w 10 3 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 1 1 Polygonum lapathifolium pro w 2 1 Quercus sp. wwd w Q + 1 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w 4 1 Rumex maritimus pro w 2 1 Rumex sp. pro w 3 1 Sagittaria sagittifolia pro w 2 1 Sonchus asper pro w 2 1 Stachys sp. pro w 1 1 Typha sp. pro w 1 1 Umbelliferae pro w 2 1 Agrostemma githago pro w Q * 1 Alisma sp. pro w 4 1 Bromus sp. pro w 1 1 Carex sp. pro w P 10 3 cf. Triticum sp. pro w * 1 Chenopodium album pro w 2 1 Chenopodium rubrum/botryodes pro w 1 1 Eleocharis Section Palustres pro w 1 1 Eupatorium cannabinum pro w 1 1 Galium cf. palustre pro w 2 1 Gramineae pro w 2 1 Hydrocotyle vulgaris pro w 1 1 Linum usitatissimum cps w 1 1 Linum usitatissimum pro w 1 1 Lycopus europaeus pro w 1 1 Mentha sp. pro w 4 1 Myosotis sp. pro w 1 1

Sample: 1306b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.AS	L409	fire layer	charcoal layer/dark	11th c	1000	1100
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: arte Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: single fire/waste heap burning+threshing rems. Archaeological interpretion: abutting Norman bridge causeway
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Agrostemma githago pro c 2 1 Anthemis cotula pro c 1 1 Atriplex sp. pro c 3 1 Avena sp. awn c 4 1 Avena sp. pro c 2 1 Bromus sp. pro c 3 1 Cerealia pro c 9 2 cf. Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro c 5 2 cf. Hordeum sp. awn c 2 1 cf. Pisum sativum pro c 25 3 cf. Pisum sativum ten c 168 4 cf. Pisum sativum/Vicia faba pro c 25 3 cf. Triticum sp. awn c 2 1 Chenopodiaceae pro c 1 1 Chenopodium album pro c 1 1 Compositae pro c 2 1 Cyperaceae pro c ! 1 1 Galium aparine pro c 16 3 Galium sp. pro c 1 1 Gramineae pro c 3 1 Hordeum sp. ran c 3 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c !2 4 1 Labiatae pro c 1 1 Lapsana communis pro c 1 1 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 1 1 Medicago lupulina pro c 1 1 Pisum sativum pod c Q + 1 Pisum sativum pro c 30 3 Pisum sativum stm c Q + 1 Polygonaceae pro c 2 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c 1 1 Pteridium aquilinum pin c 2 1 Rumex acetosella agg. pro c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c 3 1 Sonchus arvensis pro c 1 1 Spergula arvensis pro c 1 1 Triticum aestivo-compactum pro c 6 2 Triticum sp. pro c 4 1 Triticum sp. trn c 12 3 Vicia faba pod c Q + 1 Vicia faba stm c Q + 1 Vicia faba var. minor pro c 57 4

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