ABCD: 1331

Wilsford Shaft 60-2 nr Amesbury

Site code:

1331

Site details:

Location: Wilsford Shaft 60-2, nr Amesbury, 1989, Wiltshire, England SU108414
Period: later Bronze Age-Iron Age
Category: well shaft
Notes: waterlogged samples from lowest fill of well; reports by Tomlinson on plant fibres an
Topography: chalk head of dry valley
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Robinson M. 1989. Seeds and other plant macrofossils. 78-90. In: Ashbee P, Bell M and Proudfoot E (eds). Wilsford Shaft: Excavations 1960-2. HBMCE English Heritage Archaeology Report 11. England, Wiltshire

Tomlinson P. 1989. Possible herbivore dung: plant macrofossil analysis. 126. In: Ashbee P, Bell M and Proudfoot E (eds). Wilsford Shaft: Excavations 1960-2. HBMCE English Heritage Archaeology Report 11. England, Wiltshire

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MR - Robinson, Mark: Oxford Univ

Sample: 1331a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA.LB	1962	well fill	chalk rubble with or	later Bronze Age	-1515	-1400
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: well fill Archaeological interpretion: possible ritual shaft if not also a well
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Aethusa cynapium pro w 427 4 Agrimonia eupatoria pro w 1 1 Anchusa arvensis pro w 2 1 Aphanes arvensis agg. pro w 34 3 Arctium sp. pro w 3 1 Arenaria cf. serpyllifolia pro w 11 2 Atriplex sp. pro w 273 4 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 272 4 Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro w 1 1 Bromus Section Eubromus pro w 3 1 Bromus sterilis pro c 1 1 Bryophyta sht w + 1 Capsella bursa-pastoris pro w 1 1 Carduus sp. pro w 6 1 Carduus/Cirsium sp. pro w 1 1 Carex sp. pro w 1 1 Cerastium cf. fontanum pro w 5 1 Cerealia clm w + 1 Cerealia pro c 18 2 cf. Bromus Section Eubromus pro c 1 1 cf. Dryopteris sp. rsc w + 1 cf. Gentianella sp. pro w 1 1 cf. Hordeum vulgare rch c 1 1 cf. Sisymbrium officinale sil w ! 1 1 cf. Triticum dicoccon ran c 1 1 cf. Triticum sp. pro w 1 1 Chenopodiaceae pro w 1279 5 Chenopodium album pro c 2 1 Chenopodium album pro w 571 4 Compositae pro w 1 1 Cornus sanguineus pro w 1 1 Corylus avellana pro w 4 1 Crataegus cf. monogyna pro w 1 1 Crataegus/Prunus sp. tho w 2 1 Cruciferae pro w 2 1 Euphrasia/Odontites sp. pro w 2 1 Fumaria sp. pro c 1 1 Fumaria sp. pro w 24 3 Galeopsis tetrahit agg. pro w 58 3 Galium aparine pro c 4 1 Galium aparine pro w 32 3 Galium sp. pro w 31 3 Glechoma hederacea pro w 1 1 Gramineae pro c 1 1 Gramineae pro w 20 3 Hordeum sativum pro c !T 16 2 Hordeum vulgare ran c 1 1 Hyoscyamus niger pro w 1 1 indet. abs w 7 1 indet. bds w 8 1 Juncus cf. conglomeratus/effusus/inflexus pro w T 1 1 Lapsana communis pro w 28 3 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pod w 1 1 Leontodon sp. pro w 23 3 Linaria vulgaris pro w 1 1 Linum catharticum pro w 19 2 Linum cf. usitatissimum cps w 12 2 Linum usitatissimum pro w 14 2 Malva sylvestris pro w 5 1 Matricaria perforata pro c T 1 1 Matricaria perforata pro w T 1 1 Medicago lupulina pod w 2 1 Papaver argemone cpl w 2 1 Papaver argemone pro w 60 3 Papaver argemone/hybridum cpl w 17 2 Papaver dubium/hybridum/lecoquii/rhoeas pro w 27 3 Papaver hybridum cpl w 3 1 Papaver somniferum pro w 4 1 Papaver sp. pro w 5 1 Picris hieracioides pro w 2 1 Plantago lanceolata pro c 1 1 Plantago major pro w 10 2 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 201 4 Polygonum lapathifolium pro w 2 1 Potentilla cf. reptans pro w 1 1 Prunus spinosa pro w 7 1 Ranunculus cf. bulbosus pro w 10 2 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w 23 3 Ranunculus sp. pro w 42 3 Rumex sp. pro w 8 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 63 3 Sanguisorba minor pro w 183 4 Scabiosa columbaria pro w 16 2 Sisymbrium officinale pro w 96 3 Sonchus asper pro w 14 2 Sonchus oleraceus pro w 5 1 Stellaria media group pro c 1 1 Stellaria media group pro w ! 520 4 Taraxacum sp. pro w 6 1 Torilis cf. japonica pro w 1 1 Trifolium sp. cal w 1 1 Trifolium sp. cpl w 1 1 Triticum cf. dicoccon glb w 1 1 Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 1 1 Triticum dicoccon glb w 1 1 Triticum dicoccon/spelta spf w 1 1 Triticum sp. pro c 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w 20 3 Urtica urens pro w 3 1 Veronica sp. pro w 1 1 Viola sp. pro w 4 1 Viola Subgenus Melanium pro w 2 1

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