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ABCD: 1460

River Exe 84 St Thomas, Exeter


Site code:
1460


Site details:
Location: River Exe 84, St Thomas, Exeter, 1988, Devon, England SX915919
Period: medieval
Category: `natural' site
Notes: river channel floodplain sediments mode of accumulation not clear
Topography: river valley
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Caseldine E, Juggins S and Straker V. 1988. Preliminary palaeoenvironmental analyses. 145-161. In: Murphy P and French C (eds). The exploitation of wetlands. AEA Symposium 7. BAR BS 186. England, Devon

Processed by
AEC - Caseldine, Astrid E: Univ of Wales, Lampeter

SJ - Juggins, S:

VS - Straker, Vanessa: DUA London/Bristol Univ

Sample: 1460a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.SE - natural accumulation blue silty clay with early medieval 900 1300

Context integrity: 3
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: C14 a
Dating validity: 2
Environmental interpretion: floodplain deposits indicating the local environment
Archaeological interpretion: dating pre 12thc AD is only certainty

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Alisma sp. pro w 1 1
Alnus glutinosa bds w 36 3
Alnus glutinosa con w 35 3
Alnus glutinosa lvs w 4 1
Alnus glutinosa pro w 918 5
Anthemis cotula pro w 136 4
Anthriscus sylvestris pro w 1 1
Aphanes sp. pro w 1 1
Atriplex sp. pro w 9 2
Betula sp. pro w 1 1
Bidens cernua pro w 1 1
Bidens sp. pro w 16 3
Bidens tripartita pro w 3 1
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 4 1
Brassica sp. pro w 10 3
Brassica/Sinapis sp. cap w 1 1
Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro w 2 1
Carduus/Cirsium sp. pro w 11 3
Carex sp. pro w P 49 3
Caryophyllaceae pro w 6 2
cf. Mentha aquatica pro w 38 3
Chaerophyllum temulentum pro w 1 1
Chenopodiaceae pro w 5 2
Chenopodium botryodes/rubrum pro w 4 1
Chenopodium murale pro w 1 1
Chenopodium sp. pro w 17 3
Compositae pro w 6 2
Conium maculatum pro w 1 1
Corylus avellana pro w 1 1
Crataegus monogyna pro w 6 2
Eupatorium cannabinum pro w 6 2
Filipendula ulmaria pro w 10 3
Galeopsis sp. pro w 74 4
Gramineae clm w ! 10 3
Gramineae pro w 11 3
Gramineae pro w !1 1 1
Hypericum sp. pro w P 3 1
Juncus sp. pro w 271 4
Labiatae pro w 2 1
Lapsana communis pro w 6 2
Leontodon sp. pro w 2 1
Linaria vulgaris pro w 14 3
Lycopus europaeus pro w 58 4
Lythrum salicaria pro w 25 3
Montia cf. fontana pro w 2 1
Myosoton aquaticum pro w 1 1
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 7 2
Polygonum hydropiper pro w 132 4
Polygonum persicaria pro w 14 3
Polygonum sp. pro w 22 3
Potamogeton sp. pro w 1 1
Potentilla sp. pro w 1 1
Primulaceae pro w 4 1
Prunella vulgaris pro w 75 4
Prunus spinosa pro w 2 1
Pulicaria dysenterica pro w 1 1
Quercus sp. bds w 58 4
Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w T 13 3
Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w 1 1
Raphanus raphanistrum pro w 6 2
Rosaceae tho w 11 3
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 27 3
Rubus idaeus pro w 3 1
Rumex conglomeratus pro w !2 20 3
Rumex crispus pro w 1 1
Rumex obtusifolius per w 3 1
Rumex sp. pro w !2 38 3
Salix sp. bds w P 62 4
Salix sp. cap w P 63 4
Salix sp. lvs w P 4 1
Sambucus cf. ebulus pro w 3 1
Sambucus nigra pro w 107 4
Silene sp. pro w 9 2
Solanum dulcamara pro w 1 1
Sonchus arvensis pro w 18 3
Sonchus asper pro w 16 3
Sparganium erectum pro w 2 1
Stachys sylvatica pro w 7 2
Stellaria graminea pro w 7 2
Stellaria media agg. pro w 7 2
Umbelliferae pro w 4 1
Urtica dioica pro w 93 4
Viburnum opulus pro w 1 1


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