ABCD: 1076

Ashgrove 63 Methilhill, Fife

Site code:

1076

Site details:

Location: Ashgrove 63, Methilhill, Fife, 1966, Fife, Scotland NT352999
Period: ?Bronze age/ beaker
Category: cist burial
Notes: from cist, near the chest of the skeleton
Topography: lowland coastal
Condition: dry
Report type: individual identifications

Bibliography

Lambert C A. 1964. Appendix IV The plant remains from cist 1. 178-9. In: Henshall A S. 1964. A dagger grave and other cist burials at Ashgrove, Methilhill, Fife. Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scotland. 97. 166-79. Scotland, Fife

Processed by

CAD - Dickson, Camilla: Glasgow Univ (nee Lambert)

Sample: 1076a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.NE:BA.BE	-	burial layer	black crumbly matter	Beaker	?	?
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: plant material assoc. with burial Archaeological interpretion: plant mat. buried with body?
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alnus pol w % 5 2 Betula sp. bsc w 1 1 Betula sp. pol w Q% + 1 Betula sp. pro w 1 1 Calluna pol w % 13 3 Cerealia pol w % + 1 Compositae pol w % 2 1 Corylus pol w % 2 1 Erica tetralix lvs w 1 1 Fagus pol w % 1 1 Filicales pol w % 1 1 Filipendula ulmaria pol w % 26 3 Gramineae pol w % 1 1 Hylocomium splendens lsh w S + 1 Ilex pol w % 4 1 Juncus sp. pro w A 1 1 Labiatae pol w % 9 2 Lonicera pol w % + 1 Pinus sp. pol w % + 1 Plantago lanceolata pol w % 12 3 Polygonum persicaria pol w % + 1 Polypodium pol w % 1 1 Quercus sp. pol w % 1 1 Ranunculaceae pol w % 1 1 Salix pol w % 1 1 Scabiosa/Succisa pol w % 1 1 Sphagnum pol w % + 1 Sphagnum palustre lsh w Q ++ 1 Tilia cordata pol w % 94 4

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