ABCD: 1351

Gestingthorpe 53-68 Hill Farm Halstead

Site code:

1351

Site details:

Location: Gestingthorpe 53-68, Hill Farm Halstead, 1985, Essex, England TL827388
Period: Roman
Category: villa
Notes: an enourmous area of ch grain modern plough disturbance
Topography: lowland glacial drift
Condition: dry
Report type: cereal grain

Bibliography

Renfrew J. 1985. Cereal finds. 98. In: Draper J. Excavations by Mr H R Cooper on the Roman site at Hill Farm Gestingthorpe, Essex. East Anglian Archaeol. 25. England, Essex

Processed by

JMR - Renfrew, Mrs (Lady) Jane M: Sheffield/Soton/Cambridge Univs

Sample: 1351a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO	CG	granary layer	nr	Roman	?	?
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: bu Dating method: art Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: approx 1 grain per sq cm of soil Archaeological interpretion: grain store burnt down
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Hordeum vulgare pro c ! 1 1 Secale cereale pro c 7 2 Triticum aestivum pro c 97 4

Sample: 1351b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO	CG	layer	nr	Roman	?	?
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: bu Dating method: art Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: same material examined by Helbaek in 1952 PPS 18 Archaeological interpretion: site called Halstead in PPS paper
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c ! + 1 Bromus sp. pro c !2 + 1 cf. Secale cereale pro c ! + 1 Triticum spelta pro c ! +++ 1

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