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ABCD: 1417

Brean Down 83-7 Weston-super-Mare


Site code:
1417


Site details:
Location: Brean Down 83-7, Weston-super-Mare, 1990, Somerset, England ST285589
Period: Neolithic to post medieval
Category: complex settlement
Notes: extensive bulk sieving- several contexts with no plant remains
Topography: coastal promontory carb limestone
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Straker V. 1990. Charred plant macrofossils. 211-9. In: Bell M (ed.) Brean Down Excavations 1983-1987. English Heritage Monograph 15. England, Somerset

Processed by
VS - Straker, Vanessa: DUA London/Bristol Univ

Sample: 1417a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.NE:BA.BE Unit 8a (2 buried soil reddish brown clay neolithic/beaker -3790 -1510

Context integrity: 3
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 1
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: paleosoil

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
cf. Viola sp. pro c 1 1
Corylus avellana cwd c Q% 4 1
Corylus avellana pro c Q f 2
Crataegus sp. pro c 1 1
Fraxinus excelsior cwd c Q% 54 3
Gramineae pro c 1 1
indet. cwd c Q% 29 3
Pomoideae cwd c Q% 6 1
Prunus cf. avium/padus cwd c Q% 2 1
Prunus cf. spinosa cwd c Q% 2 1
Prunus spinosa pro c f 2
Quercus sp. cwd c Q% 2 1
Rhamnus catharticus cwd c Q% 1 1
Taxus baccata cwd c Q% 1 1
Triticum sp. glb c 1 1


Sample: 1417b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.NE:BA.BE Unit 7 (2) occupation layer sand layer ?Beaker? -2185 -1680

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Crataegus sp. pro c 1 1
Triticum sp. pro c 1 1


Sample: 1417c
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.BA.EB Unit 6b (1 colluvium nr early Bronze Age -2865 -1985

Context integrity: 1
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c 1 1
Cerealia pro c 1 1
Corylus avellana pro c Q f 2
Gramineae pro c 1 1
Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1
Hyoscyamus niger pro c 1 1
Triticum dicoccon glb c ! 2 1
Triticum dicoccon/spelta glb c 1 1


Sample: 1417d
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.BA.EB:MB Unit 6a (1 occupation layer nr early-mid Bronze Age -1610 -420

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Cerealia pro c Q f 2
cf. Montia sp. pro c 1 1
Chenopodium cf. album pro c 1 1
Gramineae pro c 2 1
Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1
Hyoscyamus niger pro c 2 1
Juncus sp. pro c P 3 1
Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 1 1
Plantago lanceolata pro c 1 1
Ranunculus lingua pro c 1 1
Rosaceae tho c 1 1
Trifolium sp. pro c 2 1
Triticum sp. pro c 2 1
Umbelliferae pro c 1 1


Sample: 1417e
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.BA.EB:MB Unit 6a (2 ? nr early to mid Bronze Age -1870 -1430

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro c 1 1
Capsella bursa-pastoris pro c 2 1
Carex sp. pro c P 3 1
Caryophyllaceae pro c 3 1
Cerealia clm c 1 1
Cerealia pro c 5 1
cf. Malva sylvestris pro c 1 1
cf. Moehringia trinervia pro c 1 1
cf. Montia sp. pro c 3 1
cf. Prunus sp. pro c 1 1
cf. Urtica urens pro c 1 1
Chenopodiaceae pro c 1 1
Chenopodium cf. album pro c 1 1
Chenopodium glaucum/rubrum pro c 1 1
Chenopodium sp. pro c P 8 1
Corylus avellana pro c Q f 2
Crataegus sp. pro c 1 1
Eleocharis palustris/uniglumis pro c 1 1
Euphrasia/Odontites verna pro c 1 1
Galium sp. pro c 1 1
Gramineae clm c ! 1 1
Gramineae pro c 160 4
Hordeum sp. pro c P! 8 1
indet. swd c 1 1
Juncus sp. pro c P 4 1
Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 1 1
Mentha sp. pro c 1 1
Myosoton aquaticum pro c 1 1
Polygonaceae pro c 1 1
Prunus spinosa pro c Q f 2
Rosa sp. pro c 1 1
Rumex sp. pro c P 3 1
Senecio cf. aquaticus pro c 1 1
Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 1 1
Triticum dicoccon/spelta pro c 2 1
Triticum sp. pro c 5 1


Sample: 1417f
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.BA.MB:LB Unit 5b (1 occupation layer nr mid to late Bronze Age -2020 -840

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 2
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Avena sp. pro c 1 1
Avena/Bromus sp. pro c 1 1
Bromus sp. tub c 3 1
Capsella bursa-pastoris pro c 3 1
Carex sp. pro c P 22 3
Caryophyllaceae pro c 4 1
Caryophyllaceae/Chenopodiaceae pro c 11 2
Cerealia pro c 21 3
cf. Arenaria sp. pro c 1 1
cf. Atropa bella-donna pro c 1 1
cf. Avena sp. pro c 1 1
cf. Epilobium sp. pro c 1 1
cf. Moehringia trinervia pro c 5 1
cf. Montia sp. pro c 1 1
cf. Pteridium aquilinum pro c 1 1
cf. Scirpus maritimus pro c 1 1
cf. Sherardia arvensis pro c 2 1
cf. Urtica urens pro c 1 1
Chenopodiaceae pro c 48 3
Chenopodium cf. album pro c 13 2
Chenopodium ficifolium pro c 1 1
Chenopodium glaucum/rubrum pro c 2 1
Chenopodium sp. pro c P 11 2
Crataegus sp. pro c 1 1
Cruciferae pro c 9 1
Cyperaceae pro c 1 1
Euphrasia/Odontites verna pro c 3 1
Galium aparine pro c 1 1
Galium sp. pro c 3 1
Gramineae clm c 1 1
Gramineae pro c 165 4
Hordeum sp. pro c ! 58 3
Hyoscyamus niger pro c 7 1
Juncus sp. pro c P 340 4
Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 1 1
Leguminosae pro c 1 1
Myosoton aquaticum pro c 2 1
Papaver cf. dubium pro c 1 1
Plantago lanceolata pro c 3 1
Plantago major pro c 1 1
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c 1 1
Polygonum lapathifolium pro c 1 1
Potentilla cf. reptans pro c 1 1
Rumex acetosella agg. pro c 1 1
Rumex sp. pro c P 7 1
Stellaria media agg. pro c 1 1
Suaeda maritima pro c 5 1
Trifolium cf. dubium pro c 1 1
Trifolium cf. pratense pro c 1 1
Trifolium sp. pro c 14 2
Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 2 1
Triticum cf. spelta pro c 1 1
Triticum dicoccon glb c 14 2
Triticum dicoccon/monococcum glb c 1 1
Triticum dicoccon/monococcum/spelta glb c 4 1
Triticum dicoccon/spelta glb c 6 1
Triticum dicoccon/spelta pro c 7 1
Triticum sp. glb c 44 3
Triticum sp. pro c !1 16 2
Triticum spelta glb c 1 1
Triticum/Hordeum sp. pro c 2 1
Vicia faba var. minor pro c 1 1
Viola cf. tricolor pro c 1 1


Sample: 1417g
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.BA.LB Unit 4 (1) occupation layer nr late Bronze Age -1940 -800

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: C14
Dating validity: 2
Environmental interpretion: -
Archaeological interpretion: -

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum tub c 1 1
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c 8 1
Caryophyllaceae/Chenopodiaceae pro c 1 1
Cerealia clm c 1 1
Cerealia pro c Q f 2
Chenopodium glaucum/rubrum pro c 1 1
Corylus avellana pro c Q f 2
Crataegus sp. pro c 1 1
Cyperaceae pro c 1 1
Gramineae clm c ! 1 1
Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1
Hordeum sp. rai c 1 1
Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 2 1
Leguminosae pro c 2 1
Lycopus europaeus pro c 2 1
Polygonaceae pro c 2 1
Prunus spinosa pro c Q f 2
Triticum spelta glb c 1 1


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