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ABCD: 1135

Queen St Midden Area 73 Aberdeen


Site code:
1135


Site details:
Location: Queen St Midden Area 73, Aberdeen, 1982, Grampian, Scotland NJ943063
Period: mesolithis/early 13th/post medieval
Category: urban backlands
Notes: see also Fraser's thesis
Topography: lowland/estuary
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Fraser M and Dickson J H. 1982. 7. Plant remains. 239-243 and fiche tables 45-6. In: Murray J C (ed). Excavations in the Medieval Burgh of Aberdeen 1973-81. Soc. Antiq. Scotland Monograph Series 2. Edinburgh. [Queen St Midden] Scotland, Grampian

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

MJF - Fraser, M J: Dept Botany, Glasgow Univ

Sample: 1135a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.MD.HM FN57/F7A/5 pit fill organic high medieval 1200 1400

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: pot
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Agrostemma githago fgt w Q1 271 4
Anthemis cotula pro w 2 1
Atriplex sp. pro w 4 1
Aulacomnium palustre sht w 4 1
Avena sativa brn w Q va 4
Avena sativa flo c 1 1
Avena sativa flo w 55 4
Avena sativa pro c 1 1
Avena sativa pro w 4 1
Bilderdykia convolvulus fgt w Q1 37 3
Brassica sp. fgt w Q1 56 4
Bromus hordeaceus/secalinus pro w T 8 2
Calluna vulgaris fls w 24 3
Calluna vulgaris sht w 69 4
Calluna vulgaris twi w 19 3
Carex sp. pro w P! 2 1
Centaurea nigra pro w 2 1
Ceratodon purpureus sht w 1 1
Chenopodium album pro w 85 4
Cirsium arvense pro w 2 1
Compositae pro w 2 1
Corylus avellana fgt w 6 2
Dicranum scoparium sht w 112 4
Empetrum nigrum pro w 4 1
Erica cinerea lvs w 5 2
Erica tetralix lvs c 2 1
Eriophorum vaginatum spn w 7 2
Eurhynchium praelongum sht w 16 3
Ficus carica pro w 9 2
Galeopsis tetrahit agg. pro w 1 1
Heracleum sphondylium pro w 1 1
Hordeum vulgare brn w Q2 oc 3
Hordeum vulgare pro w 1 1
Hordeum vulgare rai w 3 1
Hylocomium splendens sht w Q 68 4
Hypnum cupressiforme sht w 62 4
Juncus articulatus pro w 6 2
Juncus bufonius pro w 3 1
Juncus effusus pro w 197 4
Juncus sp. pro w 2 1
Lapsana communis pro w 47 3
Linum usitatissimum cps w 11 3
Linum usitatissimum fgt w Q1 119 4
Matricaria perforata pro w T 2 1
Montia fontana ssp. fontana pro w 1 1
Myosotis arvensis pro w 4 1
Odontites verna pro w 2 1
Papaver dubium lid w 1 1
Papaver dubium pro w 1 1
Pleurozium schreberi sht w 45 3
Poa annua pro w 3 1
Poa pratensis/trivialis pro w 10 3
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 12 3
Polygonum lapathifolium pro w 16 3
Polygonum persicaria pro w 16 3
Polytrichum commune lvs w 75 4
Potentilla erecta pro w 2 1
Prunella vulgaris pro w 1 1
Prunus spinosa pro w 3 1
Pteridium aquilinum pin w 81 4
Ranunculus flammula pro w 1 1
Ranunculus repens pro w 2 1
Raphanus raphanistrum pds w 156 4
Raphanus raphanistrum pro w 43 3
Raphanus raphanistrum tst w 120 4
Reseda luteola pro w 2 1
Rhytidiadelphus loreus sht w Q 50 4
Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 12 3
Rubus idaeus pro w 108 4
Rumex acetosella pro w 62 4
Rumex obtusifolius pro w 1 1
Rumex sp. fgt w 24 3
Silene Section Melandriforme pro w X 3 1
Sonchus asper pro w 2 1
Sorbus aucuparia pro w 215 4
Spergula arvensis pro w 36 3
Sphagnum palustre sht w 8 2
Sphagnum papillosum sht w 4 1
Stellaria media pro w 118 4
Thuidium tamariscinum sht w 111 4
Torilis japonica pro w 1 1
Triticum aestivum sl brn w Q va 4
Vaccinium myrtillus pro w 391 4


Sample: 1135b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.MD.HM Area I L 3 midden/dump area nr high medieval 1200 1400

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: pot
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Aulacomnium palustre sht w 11 3
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 1 1
Calluna vulgaris fls w 14 3
Calluna vulgaris sht w 74 4
Calluna vulgaris twi w 29 3
Carex sp. pro w P! 5 2
Ceratodon purpureus sht w 1 1
Chenopodium album pro w 5 2
Corylus avellana pro w 1 1
Dicranum scoparium sht w 1 1
Erica tetralix pro c 1 1
Erica tetralix pro w 1 1
Eriophorum vaginatum spn w 19 3
Eurhynchium praelongum sht w 5 2
Galeopsis tetrahit agg. pro w 3 1
Gramineae pro w Q + 1
Hylocomium splendens sht w 164 4
Hypnum cupressiforme sht w 37 3
Juncus bufonius pro w 17 3
Juncus effusus pro w Q a 4
Lapsana communis pro w 3 1
Montia fontana ssp. fontana pro w 1 1
Pleurozium schreberi sht w 14 3
Poa annua pro w 2 1
Poa pratensis/trivialis pro w 15 3
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 1 1
Polygonum lapathifolium pro w 4 1
Polygonum persicaria pro w 4 1
Polytrichum commune lvs w 1 1
Polytrichum juniperinum lvs w 3 1
Potentilla erecta pro w 2 1
Pteridium aquilinum pin w 101 4
Ranunculus repens pro w 11 3
Raphanus raphanistrum pds w 1 1
Rumex acetosella pro w 17 3
Rumex sp. pro w 4 1
Spergula arvensis pro w 10 3
Sphagnum palustre sht w Q + 1
Sphagnum papillosum sht w 50 4
Stellaria media pro w 39 3
Thuidium tamariscinum sht w 2 1
Urtica dioica pro w 1 1
Urtica urens pro w 1 1
Viola Subgenus Melanium pro w 5 2


Sample: 1135c
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PR.MD.HM Area II l ditch/channel nr high medieval 1200 1400

Context integrity: 1
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: pot
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: channel cut into subsoil

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Avena sativa pro c 1 1
Erica tetralix lvs c 18 3
Eriophorum vaginatum spn w 4 1
Juncus articulatus pro w 2 1
Juncus bufonius pro w 11 3
Juncus effusus pro w 176 4
Juncus sp. pro w 7 2
Rubus idaeus pro w 1 1
Rumex sp. pro w 1 1


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