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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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