ABCD: 1552

Lofts Farm 84-5 Heybridge, Blackwater Estuary

Site code:

1552

Site details:

Location: Lofts Farm 84-5, Heybridge, Blackwater Estuary, 1988, Essex, England TL868093
Period: Neolithic - Late Bronze Age - Roman
Category: double ditched enclosure
Notes: bulk samples from features, 8 litres to 10 kg
Topography: gravel estuary terrace
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Murphy P. 1988. Plant macrofossils. 281-93. In: Brown N (et al.). A late Bronze Age enclosure at Lofts Farm, Essex. Proc. Prehist. Soc. 54. England, Essex

Processed by

PM - Murphy, Peter L: Centre for East Anglian Studies, UEA, Norwich

Sample: 1552a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.NE	(5)	feature fills	nr	Neolithic	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: pot/f Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: absence of crop cleaning waste etc suggest pastoral economy
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Cerealia pro c 2 1 Corylus avellana pro c 1 1 Gramineae pro c 1 1

Sample: 1552b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA.LB	(22)	?	nr	late Bronze Age	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum tub c 1 1 Avena sp. flo c 2 1 Avena sp. pro c 1 1 Avena/Bromus sp. pro c 48 3 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c 10 2 Bromus horeaceus ssp. hordeaceus/secalinus pro c 75 3 Carex sp. pro c 4 1 Cerealia clm c 1 1 Cerealia pro c ! 144 4 cf. Lathyrus nissolia pro c 2 1 cf. Malva sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Solanum nigrum pro c 1 1 cf. Vicia faba var. minor pro c 1 1 Chenopodium album pro c 1 1 Compositae pro c 2 1 Corylus avellana pro c 2 1 Galium aparine pro c 4 1 Galium sp. pro c 1 1 Gramineae pro c 10 2 Hordeum sp. pro c 7 1 Hordeum sp. pro c ! 16 2 indet. bds c 3 1 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. cot c 117 4 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 89 3 Malva sp. pro c 1 1 Matricaria maritima pro c 2 1 Medicago lupulina type pro c 1 1 Montia fontana ssp. chondrosperma pro c 1 1 Plantago lanceolata pro c 13 2 Polygonaceae pro c 9 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c 12 2 Polygonum lapathifolium pro c 16 2 Polygonum lapathifolium/persicaria pro c 24 3 Prunella vulgaris pro c 1 1 Prunus sp. pro c 2 1 Ranunculus acris/bulbosus/repens pro c 2 1 Rumex sp. pro c 23 3 Solanum nigrum pro c 1 1 Triticum cf. dicoccon glb c Q 590 4 Triticum cf. spelta spf c Q 10 2 Triticum dicoccon glb c Q 1580 5 Triticum dicoccon spf c Q 900 4 Triticum sp. glb c Q 680 4 Triticum sp. pro c P! 77 3 Triticum sp. rai c Q! 1 1 Triticum sp. spf c Q 950 4 Triticum spelta glb c Q 210 4 Vicia sativa type pro c 1 1 Vicia tetrasperma type pro c 1 1

Sample: 1552c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA.LB	840	well fill	nr	late Bronze Age	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: well excavated after gravel extraction
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alismataceae pro w 1 1 Alopecurus geniculatus pro w 86 3 Aphanes arvensis/microcarpa pro w 4 1 Apium sp. pro w 2 1 Atriplex sp. pro w 32 3 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c 1 1 Carex hirta/lasiocarpa type pro w 41 3 Carex pilulifera type pro w 3 1 Carex sp. pro w P 30 3 Carex spicata type pro w 2 1 Cerastium/Stellaria sp. pro w 63 3 Cerealia pro c 48 3 cf. Bromus sp. pro c Q + 1 Chenopodiaceae pro w 115 4 Chenopodium album pro w 34 3 Chenopodium ficifolium pro w 84 3 Chenopodium rubrum/glaucum pro w 27 3 Chenopodium sp. pro w 29 3 Cirsium sp. pro w 2 1 Compositae pro w 1 1 Corylus avellana pro c 1 1 Corylus sp. wwd w p 1 Eleocharis sp. pro c 1 1 Eleocharis sp. pro w 7 1 Fraxinus sp. wwd w p 1 Gramineae pro w 1524 5 Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1 Hordeum sp. ran c 6 1 indet. bds w p 1 Isolepis setacea pro w Q + 1 Juncus sp. pro w P p 1 Lamium sp. pro w 4 1 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 1 1 Lemna sp. pro w 183 4 Lycopus europaeus pro w 1 1 Malva sp. pro w 1 1 Mentha arvensis/aquatica pro w 2 1 Montia fontana ssp. chondrosperma pro w 34 3 Plantago major pro w 2 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 2 1 Polygonum hydropiper pro w 54 3 Polygonum lapathifolium/persicaria pro w 13 2 Polygonum sp. pro w 70 3 Potentilla sp. pro w 9 1 Prunella vulgaris pro w Q + 1 Quercus sp. wwd w p 1 Ranunculus acris/bulbosus/repens pro w 77 3 Ranunculus flammula pro w 16 2 Ranunculus parviflorus pro w 3 1 Ranunculus sp. pro w 7 1 Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w 577 4 Rorippa islandica pro w 2 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 3 1 Rumex acetosella pro w 4 1 Rumex sp. pro c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro w 55 3 Sambucus nigra pro w 1 1 Sonchus asper pro w 5 1 Thlaspi arvense pro w 2 1 Triglochin maritima pro w 1 1 Triticum sp. glb c 2 1 Triticum sp. pro c 8 1 Triticum sp. spf c 2 1 Umbelliferae pro w 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w 6 1 Urtica urens pro w 3 1

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