ABCD: 1451

Holy Island Village 77 Lindisfarne

Site code:

1451

Site details:

Location: Holy Island Village 77, Lindisfarne, 1985, Northumberland, England NU125415
Period: Saxon-post med-early modern
Category: settlement
Notes: almost urban as they were dumping rubbish in pits
Topography: island, coastal
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Donaldson A M and Rackham D J. 1985. Biological evidence - analysis of soil samples. 80-3. In: O'Sullivan D M. V. The excavation in Holy Island Village 1977. Archaeol. Aeliana. 13. 227-116. England, Northumberland

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AMD - Donaldson, A M: Durham Univ

Sample: 1451a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.?	Phase 2 17	layer	light brown sandy lo	late Saxon/early medieval	875	1275
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: bu Dating method: strat Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c 9 1 Conium maculatum pro w 3 1 Hordeum sp. pro c 8 1 Hordeum/Triticum sp. pro c 4 1 Triticum aestivum pro c 4 1

Sample: 1451b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.?	Phase 3/4	pit fill	sticky black loam	later med/post med	?	?
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: mx Dating method: arte Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: no evidence of cess, ch & wl suggest diff taphon. processes Archaeological interpretion: some cont. with post med. artefacts; cess pit suggested
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Atriplex sp. pro c 1 1 Avena sp. pro c 1 1 Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro w 1 1 Capsella bursa-pastoris pro w 2 1 Hordeum sp. pro c 6 1 Hordeum/Triticum sp. pro c 3 1 Rumex sp. pro c 1 1 Sinapis arvensis pro w 1 1 Triticum aestivum pro c 6 1 Urtica urens pro w 3 1

Sample: 1451c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.?	Phase 4 23	pit fill	nr	early post med	?	?
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: mx Dating method: arte Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: lots of broken shell
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c 1 1 Calluna vulgaris sht c Q p 1 Carex sp. pro c 4 1 Conium maculatum pro c 9 1 Hordeum sp. pro c 6 1 Pisum sativum pro c 1 1 Plantago lanceolata pro c 1 1 Ranunculus flammula pro w 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c 1 1 Triticum aestivum pro c 8 1

Sample: 1451d

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.?	Phase 5 22	drain fill	nr	early post med	1500	1650
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: mx Dating method: arte Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c 15 2 Carex sp. pro w 2 1 Hyoscyamus niger pro w 3 1 Potentilla sp. pro w 1 1 Rumex sp. pro w 2 1 Sonchus arvensis pro w 1 1 Triticum aestivum pro c 14 2 Urtica dioica pro w 3 1

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