ABCD: 1286

Goss St 72 Chester, Goldsmiths House

Site code:

1286

Site details:

Location: Goss St 72, Chester, Goldsmiths House, 1975, Cheshire, England SJ400670
Period: Roman/medieval
Category: urban occupation
Notes: pit cut into bedrock, sample had dried out
Topography: lowland/river valley on sandstone
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Wilson D G. 1975. Plant foods and poisons from medieval Chester. 55-66. In: Ward T. Goldsmith House Site, Goss Street, Chester, 1972. J. Chester Archaeol. Soc. 58 (for 1972-3). 53-66. England, Cheshire

Processed by

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

Sample: 1286a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD.HM	nr	pit fill	nr	medeiavl	1275	1325
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: pot Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: food or medicinal Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Agrostemma githago pro w 320 5 Anthemis cotula pro w 5 3 Atriplex sp. pro w 1 1 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 4 2 Brassica cf. nigra pro w 2 1 Brassica sp. pro w 4 2 Centaurea cf. cyanus pro w 9 3 cf. Chenopodium sp. pro w 9 3 Chenopodium album pro w 2 1 Chrysanthemum segetum pro w 6 3 Corylus avellana pro w 3 2 Crataegus monogyna pro w 3 2 Galeopsis sp. pro w 1 1 Gramineae pro c 2 1 Gramineae pro w 47 4 indet. mos w + 1 Juncus sp. pro w P 6 3 Lapsana communis pro w 4 2 Leguminosae pod w 12 3 Polygonum cf. lapathifolia pro w 6 3 Polytrichum sp. lvs w 1 1 Prunus domestica ssp. insititia pro w 23 3 Prunus spinosa pro w 23 3 Pteridium aquilinum pin w 29 4 Rumex cf. acetosa pro w 2 1 Rumex Subgenus Rumex pro w 3 2 Thlaspi arvense pro w 1 1 Umbelliferae pro w 1 1 Vaccinium cf. myrtillus pro w 4 2

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