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ABCD: 1164

Tankardstown South Co. Limerick


Site code:
1164


Site details:
Location: Tankardstown South, Co. Limerick, 1988, Limerick, Ireland, Eire R000000
Period: Neolithic
Category: house
Notes: Gas Pipeline site
Topography: low lying river valley
Condition: dry
Report type: cereal grain

Bibliography
Monk M. 1988. Appendix 3 Archaeobotanical study of samples from pipeline sites. 185-191. In: Gowen M. Three Irish gas pipelines: New archaeological evidence for Munster. [Tankardstown South] Dublin: Worldwell Ltd. Ireland, Eire, Limerick

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MAM - Monk, Mick A: Dept Archaeology, Cork

Sample: 1164a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.NE F1 trench fill clay silt neolithic ? ?

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: neolithic domestic food processing activity
Archaeological interpretion: fill of foundation trench of house

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Cerealia fgt c 20 3
cf. Atriplex sp. pro c 1 1
Hordeum/Triticum sp. pro c 1 1
Malus sylvestris end c 291 4
Malus sylvestris pip c 18 2
Triticum cf. dicoccon glb c 12 2
Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 88 3
Triticum cf. dicoccon spf c 5 1
Triticum sp. fgt c 61 3
Triticum sp. glb c 1 1
Triticum sp. spf c 1 1


Sample: 1164b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.NE F23 post pit fills silt/clay/sand neolithic ? ?

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: accidental charring/trampling on floor surface
Archaeological interpretion: domestic food processing activity

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Atriplex sp. pro c 1 1
Cerealia fgt c 890 4
cf. Bromus sp. pro c 2 1
cf. Chenopodiaceae pro c 2 1
Corylus avellana fgt c 14 2
Malus sylvestris end c 13 2
Malus sylvestris pip c 2 1
Polygonaceae pro c 1 1
Triticum cf. dicoccon glb c 29 3
Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 419 4
Triticum cf. dicoccon spf c 20 3
Triticum sp. fgt c 537 4
Triticum sp. glb c 22 3
Triticum sp. spf c 5 1


Sample: 1164c
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.NE F41 post pit fills silt/sand/clay neolithic ? ?

Context integrity: 2
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: accidental charring & incorporation into post pit fills
Archaeological interpretion: domestic food processing activity

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Cerealia fgt c 157 4
cf. Bromus sp. pro c 1 1
Corylus avellana fgt c 4 1
Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 60 3
Triticum cf. dicoccon spf c 1 1
Triticum sp. fgt c 77 3
Triticum sp. glb c 1 1
Triticum sp. spf c 3 1
Triticum/Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1


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