ABCD: 1221

Little Waltham 70-1 nr Chelmsford

Site code:

1221

Site details:

Location: Little Waltham 70-1, nr Chelmsford, 1978, Essex, England TL705126
Period: Iron Age - medieval
Category: settlement
Notes: -
Topography: river valley
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Wilson D G. 1978. Appendix I Iron Age and Roman plant remains. 142-5. In: P J Drury. Excavations at Little Waltham 1970-1971. CBA Research Report 26. Chelmsford Excavation Committee report No. 1. England, Essex

Processed by

DGW - Wilson, Dr D Gay: Botany School, Cambridge

Sample: 1221a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.IA	C11	wall trench fill	clay	Iron Age	-250	-300
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: wall trench of IA house
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Atriplex hastata type pro ? 4 1 Atriplex sp. pro ? 2 1 Avena sp. awn ? 10 2 Avena sp. pro ? 8 1 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro ? T 4 1 Centaurium sp. pro ? 1 1 Cerealia pro ? 29 3 cf. Artemisia pro ? 6 1 cf. Fragaria/Potentilla pro ? 1 1 cf. Lamium sp. pro ? 1 1 cf. Lens sp. pro ? 4 1 cf. Leucanthemum vulgare pro ? 1 1 cf. Picris sp. pro ? 1 1 cf. Triticum sp. glm ? 5 1 cf. Triticum sp. pro ? 22 3 cf. Vicia sp. pro ? 3 1 Chenopodium album pro ? 9 1 Chenopodium album var. reticulatum pro ? 1 1 Chenopodium polyspermum pro ? 1 1 Gramineae pro ? 12 2 indet. mos ? + 1 Juncus sp. pro ? 7 1 Matricaria perforata pro ? T 12 2 Mentha sp. pro ? 1 1 Montia fontana ssp. chondrosperma pro ? 4 1 Plantago lanceolata pro ? 1 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro ? 3 1 Ranunculus parviflorus pro ? 1 1 Rosa sp. tho ? 1 1 Rumex acetosella agg. pro ? 35 3 Rumex angiocarpus pro ? 2 1 Rumex sp. pro ? 1 1 Sherardia arvensis pro ? 2 1 Sphagnum sp. lvs ? + 1 Stellaria graminea pro ? 1 1 Stellaria media pro ? 6 1

Sample: 1221b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO.RN	F339 L10	well fill	grey sludge/grey sil	Roman	200	300
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: wl Dating method: art Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: timber lined well Archaeological interpretion: destruction of well well dated life span prob 100 yrs
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Aegopodium podagraria pro w 1 1 Aethusa cynapium pro w 3 1 Anagallis arvensis pro w 1 1 Anthemis cotula pro w 316 4 Anthriscus caucalis pro w 7 2 Aphanes microcarpa pro w 3 1 Apium graveolens pro w ! 2 1 Arctium minus agg. pro w 5 2 Arctium sp. pro w 1 1 Arenaria serpyllifolia pro w 1 1 Atriplex patula pro w 39 3 Atriplex sp. pro w 198 4 Ballota nigra pro w 1 1 Betula pendula cts w 1 1 Betula pendula pro w 7 2 Betula sp. pro w 11 3 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 5 2 Capsella bursa-pastoris pro w 53 4 Carex sp. pro w P 13 3 Cerastium fontanum pro w T 24 3 Cerealia pro c 40 3 cf. Cardaria/Lepidium pod w 1 1 cf. Origanum sp. pro w 1 1 Chenopodium album pro w 1 1 Chenopodium bonus-henricus pro w 1 1 Chenopodium murale pro w 7 2 Chenopodium polyspermum pro w 1 1 Cirsium sp. pro w 6 2 Compositae pro c 1 1 Coronopus squamatus pod w !2 1 1 Coronopus squamatus pro w 3 1 Eleocharis palustris ssp. vulgaris pro w 1 1 Epilobium sp. pro w 2 1 Eriophorum sp. pro w 1 1 Erysimum cheiranthoides pro w 1 1 Galeopsis cf. speciosa pro w 1 1 Galeopsis speciosa pro w 1 1 Gramineae pro w 182 4 Hieracium sp. pro w 1 1 Hyoscyamus niger pro w 2 1 Isolepis setacea pro w T 1 1 Juncus sp. pro w 1 1 Labiatae pro w 6 2 Lamium sp. pro w 1 1 Leontodon autumnalis pro w 1 1 Leucanthemum vulgare pro w 2 1 Linum catharticum pro w 7 2 Luzula campestris pro w 1 1 Marrubium vulgare pro w 2 1 Medicago lupulina pro w 2 1 Montia fontana ssp. chondrosperma pro w 10 3 Myosotis sp. pro w 1 1 Odontites verna cap w 3 1 Odontites verna pro w 38 3 Papaver argemone pro w 5 2 Papaver rhoeas type pro w 11 3 Plantago major pro w 13 3 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 110 4 Polygonum minus pro w 3 1 Populus cf. tremula cts w 1 1 Potentilla cf. sterilis pro w 2 1 Potentilla reptans pro w 16 3 Potentilla sp. pro w 15 3 Prunella vulgaris pro w 4 1 Pteridium aquilinum pin w 2 1 Ranunculus acris pro w 10 3 Ranunculus bulbosus pro w 1 1 Ranunculus flammula pro w 1 1 Ranunculus lingua pro w 1 1 Ranunculus repens pro w 10 3 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w 63 4 Reseda luteola pro w 3 1 Rosa sp. tho w 3 1 Rumex acetosella agg. pro w 25 3 Rumex cf. crispus pro w 9 2 Rumex crispus pro w 3 1 Rumex sp. pro w 204 4 Sambucus nigra pro w 1 1 Scirpus tabernaemontani pro w T 1 1 Sison amomum pro w 1 1 Sisymbrium sp. pro w !3 1 1 Solanum nigrum pro w 4 1 Sonchus asper pro w 7 2 Stellaria graminea pro w 11 3 Stellaria media pro w 10 3 Stellaria neglecta pro w 127 4 Taraxacum sp. pro w 2 1 Thlaspi arvense pro w 4 1 Torilis japonica pro w 3 1 Trifolium cf. pratense pro c 1 1 Trifolium cf. pratense pro w 4 1 Trifolium sp. fls w P 28 3 Typha latifolia pro w 1 1 Umbelliferae pro w 2 1 Urtica dioica pro w 1419 5 Urtica urens pro w 48 3

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