ABCD: 1394

Faccenda Farm 83 nr Alchester, Bicester

Site code:

1394

Site details:

Location: Faccenda Farm 83, nr Alchester, Bicester, 1984, Oxfordshire, England SP572208
Period: Roman late 1st-early 3rd
Category: settlement
Notes: site abondoned by early 3rd c AD & covered in alluvium
Topography: lowland valley flood plain
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Giorgi J and Robinson M. 1984. The environment. 38-45. In: Foreman M and Rahtz S. Excavations at Faccenda Chicken Farm, near Alchester, 1983. Oxoniensia. 49. 23-46. England, Oxfordshire

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JG - Giorgi, J:

MR - Robinson, Mark: Oxford Univ

Sample: 1394a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO.RN.ER	(3)	ditch & pit fills	dark brown organic l	Roman	075	150
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: pot Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: site situated on wet ground & arable crop debris dumped Archaeological interpretion: rubbish dumping & accumulation of natural materials
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Aethusa cynapium pro w 3 1 Agrostemma githago pro w 8 1 Alnus glutinosa pro w 1 1 Angelica sylvestris pro w 1 1 Apium nodiflorum agg. pro w Q 3 1 Arctium sp. pro w 1 1 Atriplex sp. pro c 20 3 Atriplex sp. pro w 36 3 Atriplex/Chenopodium sp. pro c 6 1 Atriplex/Chenopodium sp. pro w 31 3 Avena fatua flb c 8 1 Avena fatua group pro c 3 1 Avena sp. awn c 70 3 Avena sp. pro c 41 3 Avena sp. pro w 1 1 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 2 1 Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro w 1 1 Bromus sp. pro c 1 1 Bromus sp. pro w 2 1 Bryonia dioica pro w 2 1 Bryophyta lvs w 3 1 Callitriche sp. pro w Q1 a 3 Carduus/Cirsium sp. pro w 2 1 Carex sp. pro c 1 1 Carex sp. pro w P 6 1 Caucalis platycarpos pro w 1 1 Centaurea sp. pro w 3 1 Cerastium cf. fontanum pro w 3 1 Cerealia pro c 109 4 cf. Anagallis sp. pro w 2 1 cf. Avena sp. pro c 24 3 cf. Chara sp. pro w 21 3 cf. Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 37 3 cf. Scrophularia sp. pro w 1 1 cf. Triticum sp. pro w Q2 mf 2 Chaerophyllum temulentum pro w 1 1 Chenopodium album pro w 18 2 Conium maculatum pro w Q 3 1 Coriandrum sativum pro w 1 1 Corylus avellana pro w 3 1 Crataegus sp. pro w 1 1 Crataegus/Prunus sp. twi w 2 1 Cruciferae pro w 11 2 Daucus carota pro w 4 1 Eleocharis Section Palustres pro c 22 3 Eleocharis Section Palustres pro w 11 2 Epilobium sp. pro w 1 1 Euphrasia/Odontites sp. pro c 1 1 Euphrasia/Odontites sp. pro w 2 1 Fabaceae pro c 7 1 Filipendula ulmaria pro w 5 1 Galeopsis tetrahit agg. pro c 1 1 Galeopsis tetrahit agg. pro w 2 1 Galium aparine pro c 1 1 Galium aparine pro w 1 1 Galium sp. pro w 1 1 Gramineae pro c 71 3 Gramineae pro w 53 3 Hordeum sp. awn c 3 1 Hordeum sp. pro c !2 51 3 Hordeum sp. rai c 79 3 Hordeum vulgare pro c ! 15 2 Hypericum sp. pro w 10 2 indet. abs w 2 1 indet. bds w 2 1 indet. lvs w 2 1 indet. twi w 3 1 Iris pseudacorus pro c 1 1 Iris pseudacorus pro w 2 1 Juncus articulatus group pro w 21 3 Juncus bufonius pro w 11 2 Juncus conglomeratus/effusus/inflexus pro w 320 4 Juncus sp. pro w 70 3 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pod w 1 1 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 51 3 Leontodon sp. pro w 2 1 Linum catharticum pro w 6 1 Lithospermum arvense pro c 1 1 Lychnis flos-cuculi pro w 1 1 Lycopus europaeus pro w 4 1 Malus sylvestris end w 1 1 Malus sylvestris pro w 1 1 Matricaria maritima pro c T 12 2 Matricaria maritima pro w T 2 1 Medicago lupulina pro w 2 1 Mentha cf. aquatica pro w 2 1 Myosoton aquaticum pro w 1 1 Papaver argemone pro w 5 1 Papaver dubium/hybridum/lecoquii/rhoeas pro w 1 1 Papaver somniferum pro w 1 1 Plantago lanceolata pro c 1 1 Plantago major pro w 7 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c 2 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 35 3 Polygonum lapathifolium pro w 1 1 Polygonum persicaria pro w 11 2 Potentilla cf. erecta pro w 2 1 Prunella vulgaris pro c 1 1 Prunella vulgaris pro w 3 1 Prunus spinosa pro w 1 1 Ranunculus flammula pro c 2 1 Ranunculus flammula pro w 2 1 Ranunculus sardous pro w 3 1 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w 3 1 Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w Q 5 1 Raphanus raphanistrum pod w 1 1 Rhinanthus sp. pro w 2 1 Rosa sp. pro w 2 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 2 1 Rubus/Rosa sp. pri w 1 1 Rumex acetosella agg. pro w 1 1 Rumex cf. obtusifolius pro w 2 1 Rumex conglomeratus pro w 8 1 Rumex crispus pro w 3 1 Rumex sanguineus pro w 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c 10 2 Rumex sp. pro w Q 58 3 Rumex sp. stm w 2 1 Sambucus nigra pro w Q 2 1 Senecio sp. pro w 1 1 Silene sp. pro c 1 1 Silene sp. pro w 2 1 Solanum cf. dulcamara pro w 1 1 Solanum cf. nigrum pro w 2 1 Sonchus asper pro w 7 1 Stellaria graminea pro w 1 1 Stellaria media group pro w 14 2 Taraxacum sp. pro w 1 1 Thlaspi arvense pro w 1 1 Torilis sp. pro w 8 1 Trifolium sp. cal w 4 1 Trifolium sp. pro c 28 3 Triticum sp. awn c 1 1 Triticum sp. bri c 5 1 Triticum sp. glb c 12 2 Triticum sp. glb w 5 1 Triticum sp. pro c 13 2 Triticum spelta glb c 17 2 Triticum spelta glb w 7 1 Triticum spelta pro c 5 1 Umbelliferae pro w 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w Q 283 4 Urtica urens pro w 2 1 Valerianella dentata pro w 2 1 Vicia faba pro c 1 1 Viola sp. pod w 1 1 Viola sp. pro w 1 1

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