ABCD: 1055

Westward Ho! 83-4 nr Bideford

Site code:

1055

Site details:

Location: Westward Ho! 83-4, nr Bideford, 1987, Devon, England SS429294
Period: mesolithic
Category: shell midden
Notes: midden overlain by peat lying on blue transgression clay
Topography: coastal wetland
Condition: waterlogged
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Vaughan D. 1987. IIv. The plant macrofossils. 233-38. In: Balaam N D (et al.). Prehistoric and Romano-British sites at Westward Ho!, Devon, 1983-1984. In: Balaam N D, Levitan B and Straker S (eds). Studies in palaeoeconomy and environment in SW England. BAR BS 181. England, Devon

Processed by

DV - Vaughan, Marie-Dominique: (see DM) DUA/Inst of Arch/AML

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

MR - Robinson, Mark: Oxford Univ

SMC - Colledge, Susan M: Birmingham Univ/ Institute of Archaeol. London

Sample: 1055a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.ML	Block 26	natural peat	humified fen peat	?mesolithic	?	?
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: peat immediatly above & assoc with midden Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Ajuga reptans pro w 24 3 Callitriche sp. pro w 17 3 Carex cf. hirta pro w Q + 1 Carex cf. strigosa/pallescens pro w Q +++ 1 Carex disticha pro w Q ++ 1 Carex lepidocarpa/flava pro w Q +++ 1 Carex sp. pro w P1 1630 5 cf. Ranunculus sp. pro w 2 1 Cornus sanguineus pro w 77 4 Corylus avellana pro w Q1 107 4 Crataegus cf. monogyna pro c 1 1 Crataegus cf. monogyna pro w 8 2 Eupatorium cannabinum pro w 76 4 Filipendula ulmaria pro w 6 2 Fragaria vesca pro w 4 1 indet. abs w 7 2 indet. bds w 287 4 indet. mos w Q2 + 1 Mentha sp. pro w 1 1 Populus sp. bds w 1 1 Potentilla palustris pro w 2 1 Prunus spinosa pro w 11 3 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w T 23 3 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 191 4 Rubus sp. pri w 18 3 Rumex sp. pro w A 36 3 Salix sp. bds w 15 3 Salix sp. cat w 23 3 Solanum dulcamara pro w 88 4 Viola sp. pro w 5 2

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