ABCD: 1263

Alchester 74 Bicester

Site code:

1263

Site details:

Location: Alchester 74, Bicester, 1976, Oxfordshire, England SP570200
Period: Roman
Category: town defences
Notes: town now under permanent pasture
Topography: river valley gravel plateau
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Robinson M. 1976. Appendix 2. The environment of the Roman defences at Alchester. 161-70. In: Young C J. The defences of Roman Alchester. Oxoniensia. 40. 136-70. England, Oxfordshire

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MR - Robinson, Mark: Oxford Univ

Sample: 1263a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO.RN.ER	138	ditch fill	black gritty silt wi	Roman	75	100
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: pot Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: pit in marsh deposit
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Agrostemma githago pro w 1 1 Anthriscus caucalis pro w 2 1 Atriplex sp. pro w 1 1 Bromus sp. pro c 1 1 Carduus/Cirsium sp. pro w 1 1 Carex sp. pro w P 7 1 Chenopodium album pro w 4 1 Coriandrum sativum pro w 1 1 Eleocharis uniglumis pro w 49 3 Gramineae pro w 4 1 Lamium sp. pro w 1 1 Linum catharticum pro w 1 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 7 1 Polygonum lapathifolium pro w 1 1 Polygonum persicaria pro w 6 1 Potentilla anserina pro w 2 1 Prunella vulgaris pro w 6 1 Ranunculus cf. acris pro w 1 1 Ranunculus flammula/reptans pro w 2 1 Ranunculus parviflorus pro w 2 1 Ranunculus repens pro w 14 2 Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w 1 1 Rhinanthus cf. minor pro w 3 1 Rumex cf. conglomeratus pro w 5 1 Rumex cf. crispus pro w 1 1 Rumex sp. pro w P 8 1 Solanum nigrum pro w 4 1 Stellaria media pro w 2 1 Thalictrum flavum pro w 2 1 Trifolium sp. pro w 1 1 Triticum spelta pro c 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w 28 3 Urtica urens pro w 1 1 Veronica sp. pro w 1 1

Sample: 1263b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO.RN.LR	105	ditch fill	fine grey silt	late Roman	100	400
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: pot Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: ditch with running clean water Archaeological interpretion: town defence ditch fill
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alisma sp. pro w 3 1 Apium nodiflorum pro w 20 3 Atriplex sp. pro w P 4 1 Atropa bella-donna pro w 1 1 Berula erecta pro w 26 3 Bryonia dioica pro w 2 1 Carduus/Cirsium sp. pro w 11 2 Carex sp. pro w P 5 1 Ceratophyllum demersum pro w 1 1 Chenopodium album pro w 2 1 Chenopodium sp. pro w 1 1 Cirsium sp. pro w P 4 1 Conium maculatum pro w 42 3 Corylus avellana pro w 1 1 Cruciferae pro w 2 1 Eleocharis palustris ssp. palustris pro w T 1 1 Eleocharis uniglumis pro w 2 1 Galeopsis tetrahit agg. pro w 5 1 Gramineae pro w P 14 2 Lapsana communis pro w 1 1 Leontodon sp. pro w 1 1 Lycopus europaeus pro w 19 2 Oenanthe aquatica pro w 61 3 Polygonum lapathifolium pro w 1 1 Potamogeton crispus pro w 4 1 Potamogeton sp. pro w 5 1 Ranunculus repens pro w 1 1 Ranunculus sceleratus pro w 28 3 Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w 16 2 Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum pro w T 2 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 15 2 Rumex sp. pro w 1 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 6 1 Solanum dulcamara pro w 6 1 Sonchus asper pro w 11 2 Sparganium erectum pro w 23 3 Urtica dioica pro w 99 3 Viola sp. pro w 1 1 Zannichellia palustris pro w 6 1

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