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ABCD: 1040

Fisherwick 74-5 nr Tamworth


Site code:
1040


Site details:
Location: Fisherwick 74-5, nr Tamworth, 1979, Staffordshire, England SK187082
Period: Iron Age/Romano-British
Category: rural farmstead/settlement
Notes: enclosure ditch 2nd phase of occupation of site
Topography: lowland river terrace
Condition: mx
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Greig J R A. 1979. Pollen and seed reports. 81-85 and 185-188. In: Smith C (ed). Fisherwick: the reconstruction of an Iron Age landscape. BAR BS 61. England, Staffordshire

Processed by
JRG - Greig, James R: Birmingham Univ, Dept Plant Sciences

Sample: 1040a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.IA.LI ij 301j ditch fill organic mud/stony sa Iron Age -200 100

Context integrity: 3
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: almost entirely natural infill of plants
Archaeological interpretion: quick accumulation in w/l conditions - no artefacts

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Atriplex sp. pro w 1012 5
Betula sp. pro w 1 1
Bidens tripartita pro w 3 1
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 2 1
Carduus cf. acanthoides pro w 3 1
Carduus nutans pro w 211 4
Carex cf. otrubae pro w 211 4
Carex sp. pro w 17 2
cf. Acinos arvensis pro w 1 1
cf. Ballota nigra pro w 1 1
cf. Lychnis flos-cuculi pro w 6 1
Chenopodium album pro w 2 1
Chenopodium ficifolium pro w 5 1
Cirsium cf. arvense pro w 24 3
Cirsium cf. palustre pro w 16 2
Cirsium cf. vulgare pro w 18 2
Conium maculatum pro w 31 3
Eriophorum angustifolium pro w 1 1
Galeopsis speciosa/tetrahit pro w 10 2
Galium palustre pro w 9 1
Gramineae pro w 5 1
Hyoscyamus niger pro w 17 2
Juncus sp. pro w 9 1
Lemna sp. pro w 193 4
Leontodon cf. taraxacoides pro w 2 1
Lycopus europaeus pro w 222 4
Montia fontana pro w 16 2
Papaver rhoeas pro w 1 1
Polygonum aviculare pro w 11 2
Polygonum hydropiper pro w 47 3
Polygonum lapathifolium/persicaria pro w T 11 2
Potamogeton sp. pro w 1 1
Potentilla argentea/erecta pro w X 1 1
Prunus spinosa pro w 1 1
Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w T 2 1
Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w 121 4
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 46 3
Rumex conglomeratus pro w 6 1
Rumex sp. pro w 100 4
Sambucus nigra pro w 325 4
Silene alba pro w 15 2
Solanum dulcamara pro w 83 3
Solanum nigrum pro w 2 1
Sonchus asper pro w 125 4
Stellaria media pro w 127 4
Urtica dioica pro w 70 3
Urtica urens pro w 3 1


Sample: 1040b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.IA.LI 302f ditch fill black friable stonel Iron Age -200 100

Context integrity: 3
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: regional pollen rain
Archaeological interpretion: steady accumulation in wl ditch bottom

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Alnus glutinosa pol w % 12 3
Artemisia sp. pol w % 4 2
Betula sp. pol w % 4 2
Campanula sp. pol w % 1 1
Caryophyllaceae pol w % 1 1
Cerealia pol w % 5 3
cf. Ilex aquifolium pol w % 1 1
cf. Sambucus nigra pol w % 5 3
Chenopodiaceae pol w % 4 2
Compositae Liguliflorae pol w % 2 1
Compositae Tubuliflorae pol w % 1 1
Corylus avellana pol w % 7 3
Cruciferae pol w % 2 1
Cyperaceae pol w % 4 2
Ericales pol w % 1 1
Gramineae pol w % 29 4
Leguminosae pol w Q! + 1
Plantago lanceolata pol w % 7 3
Plantago media pol w Q + 1
Quercus sp. pol w % 4 2
Ranunculaceae pol w % 2 1
Rosaceae pol w % 3 2
Rubiaceae pol w Q + 1
Rumex sp. pol w % 2 1
Salix sp. pol w % 1 1
Thalictrum sp. pol w Q + 1
Tilia sp. pol w % 1 1
Ulmus sp. pol w Q + 1
Umbelliferae pol w Q + 1
Urtica sp. pol w % 2 1


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