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ABCD: 1428

Little Paxton 62 St Neots


Site code:
1428


Site details:
Location: Little Paxton 62, St Neots, 1969, Cambridgeshire, England TL180620
Period: late 9/10th-early 11th c
Category: settlement
Notes: sample from a flat bottomed pit
Topography: lowland riverside fens
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Godwin H and Burroughs M J. 1969. Macroscopic plant remains from the St Neots Area. 88-91 In: Addyman P V (ed.). 1969. Late Saxon settlement in the St Neots Area. Proc. Cambridge Antiq. Soc. 62. 59-93. England, Cambridgeshire

Processed by
HG - Godwin, Prof H: Botany School Cambridge

JHD - Dickson, Dr James: Glasgow Univ Botany Dept

MJB - Burroughs, M J:

Sample: 1428a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.SE.AS 1004 Area pit fill detritus-rich mud late saxon 850 1000

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: pot
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: stone or open soakaway ?latrine

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Achillea millefolium/ptarmica pro w 11 3
Aethusa cynapium pro w 5 2
Agrostemma githago pro w 4 1
Anagallis arvensis pro w 8 2
Anthemis cotula pro w 11 3
Antitrichia curtipendula sht w ! + 1
Atriplex patula pro w 5 2
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 2 1
Carduus crispus/nutans pro w 10 3
Carduus sp. pro w 1 1
Carex otrubae/vulpina pro w 9 2
Carex sp. pro w P 16 3
Carex vesicaria pro w 2 1
Centaurea nigra pro w 1 1
Cerastium sp. pro w TD 1 1
cf. Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus sht w ! + 1
cf. Trifolium pratense fls w 1 1
Chenopodium album agg. pro w 1 1
Cirsium sp. pro w 1 1
Daucus carota pro w 11 3
Drosera intermedia pro w 1 1
Eleocharis palustris pro w 22 3
Filipendula ulmaria pro w 16 3
Galium aparine pro w 1 1
Gramineae pro w 6 2
Heracleum sphondylium pro w 1 1
Homalothecium sericeum sht w ! + 1
Knautia arvensis pro w 5 2
Lapsana communis pro w 3 1
Legousia speculum-veneris pro w T 2 1
Leontodon autumnalis pro w 3 1
Linum catharticum pro w 8 2
Mentha arvensis/aquatica pro w 13 3
Neckera complanata sht w ! + 1
Odontites verna pro w 8 2
Papaver argemone pro w 4 1
Pastinaca sativa pro w 3 1
Petroselinum segetum pro w 2 1
Picris hieracioides pro w 1 1
Plantago major pro w 7 2
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 1 1
Potentilla sp. pro w 6 2
Prunella vulgaris pro w 3 1
Ranunculus acris pro w 5 2
Ranunculus flammula pro w 1 1
Ranunculus repens pro w 2 1
Rhinanthus sp. pro w 2 1
Rumex acetosella pro w 17 3
Sambucus nigra pro w 1 1
Scandix pecten-veneris pro w 7 2
Silene alba pro w T 1 1
Silene vulgaris pro w T2 1 1
Solanum nigrum pro w 1 1
Sonchus asper pro w 21 3
Sonchus oleraceus pro w 1 1
Sphagnum sp. sht w ! + 1
Stellaria graminea pro w 6 2
Torilis japonica pro w 16 3
Urtica dioica pro w 7 2
Urtica urens pro w 3 1
Valerianella dentata pro w 1 1


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