ABCD: 1418

Melbourne St 71-6 Southampton, Hamwih

Site code:

1418

Site details:

Location: Melbourne St 71-6, Southampton, Hamwih, 1980, Hampshire, England SU428115
Period: Saxon
Category: urban
Notes: complicated series of pits lots recutting
Topography: lowland valley brickearths
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Monk M A. 1980. The seed remains 128-33. In: Holdsworth P. et al. Excavations at Melbourne Street, 1971-76. CBA Research Report 33. Southampton Archaeol. research Committee Report 1. England, Hampshire

Processed by

MAM - Monk, Mick A: Dept Archaeology, Cork

Sample: 1418a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.MS.AS	SARC IVF15	pit fill	woody substance	Saxon	700	900
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: wl Dating method: art Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: inadequate conventional recovery methods Archaeological interpretion: possibly a construction pit for a well
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Bupleurum cf. tenuissimum pro w 1 1 Carex sp. pro w P 1 1 Chenopodium cf. album pro w 1 1 Gramineae pro w 1 1 Juncus sp. pro w P 15 3 Labiatae pro w A 1 1 Rumex sp. pro w 1 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 6 3 Thalictrum cf. flavum pro w 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w 3 2

Sample: 1418b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.MS.AS	SARCVF16	pit fill	nr	Saxon	750	870
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: wl Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: some mineralised material Archaeological interpretion: cess & rubbish & lots of animal bone, pit with 4 stakeholes
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c 2 1 Ballota nigra pro w 1 1 Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro w 2 1 Cerealia pro c 9 1 Chenopodium cf. album pro w 10 2 Corylus avellana pro w 1 1 Crataegus monogyna pro w 1 1 Hordeum cf. vulgare pro c 1 1 Hordeum sp. pro c 10 2 Prunus cf. avium pro w 1 1 Prunus domestica ssp. insititia pro w 8 1 Prunus sp. pro w ! 2 1 Prunus spinosa pro w 3 1 Pyrus/Malus sp. pro w ! 6 1 Rubus cf. idaeus pro w 14 2 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 87 3 Rubus sp. pro w 1 1 Rumex sp. pro w 1 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 16 2 Sambucus sp. pro w 2 1 Triticum cf. aestivo-compactum pro c 26 3 Triticum cf. spelta pro c 2 1 Triticum sp. pro c 5 1

Sample: 1418c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.MS.AS	SARCVIF30	pit fill	nr	Saxon	700	900
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: wl Dating method: art Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: cutting & cut by other pits
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Anthemis cotula pro w 1 1 Arenaria serpyllifolia pro w 2 1 Atriplex sp. pro w 21 3 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 1 1 Bromus sp. pro w 1 1 Carex sp. pro w P 2 1 Caryophyllaceae pro w 2 1 Chenopodiaceae pro w 2 1 Chenopodium cf. album pro w 102 4 Chenopodium ficifolium pro w 2 1 Cochlearia officinalis pro w 1 1 Drosera cf. rotundifolia pro w 3 1 Galeopsis tetrahit agg. pro w 1 1 Hordeum cf. vulgare pro c 1 1 Hypericum perforatum pro w 2 1 Hypericum sp. pro w 4 1 Juncus sp. pro w P 136 4 Labiatae pro w 1 1 Lycopus europaeus pro w 1 1 Papaver cf. argemone pro w 2 1 Papaver cf. rhoeas pro w 104 4 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 1 1 Polygonum persicaria pro w 13 3 Polygonum sp. pro w 5 2 Potentilla sp. pro w 2 1 Ranunculus cf. repens pro w 1 1 Rubus cf. fruticosus agg. pro w 1 1 Rumex cf. acetosa pro w 1 1 Rumex cf. acetosella pro w 10 3 Rumex cf. crispus pro w 1 1 Rumex cf. obtusifolius pro w 1 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 1 1 Silene sp. pro w 1 1 Triticum sp. pro c 1 1 Typha cf. angustifolia pro w 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w 53 4

Sample: 1418d

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.SE.MS.AS	SARCVIF39	pit fill	heavy black clay wit	Saxon	700	900
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: wl Dating method: art Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: cutting & cut by other pits
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 1 1 Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro w 4 1 Carex sp. pro w 2 1 Cerealia pro c 1 1 cf. Lemna trisulca pro w 111 4 Chenopodium cf. album pro w 36 3 Chenopodium sp. pro w 4 1 Conium maculatum pro w 1 1 Cruciferae pro w 1 1 Drosera cf. rotundifolia pro w 1 1 Gramineae pro w 21 3 Hordeum sp. pro c 2 1 Juncus sp. pro w P 1667 5 Malva sp. pro w 1 1 Papaver cf. rhoeas pro w 23 3 Polygonum cf. aviculare agg. pro w 2 1 Polygonum sp. pro w 2 1 Typha cf. angustifolia pro w 2 1 Urtica dioica pro w 3 1 Verbena officinalis pro w 1 1 Aethusa cynapium pro w 1 1 Alisma cf. plantago-aquatica pro w 1 1 Anthemis cotula pro w 4 1 Atriplex cf. hastata pro w 12 3

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