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ABCD: 1597

Briar Hill 74-8 nr Northampton


Site code:
1597


Site details:
Location: Briar Hill 74-8, nr Northampton, 1985, Northamptonshire, England SP736592
Period: Neolithic - Bronze Age - Iron Age
Category: settlement enclosure
Notes: samples taken floated and sorted by excavators
Topography: valley side 85m OD on Jurrassic sand
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Perry A. 1985. The carbonised plant remains. 126 and fiche 3 249-51. In: Bamford H M. 1985. Briar Hill excavation 1974-87. Northampton: Development Corporation. England, Northamptonshire

Processed by
AP - Perry, Ann: (1985)

MKJ - Jones, Martin K: Oxford Univ; Durham Univ; Cambridge Univ

MR - Robinson, Mark: Oxford Univ

Sample: 1597a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.NE ? ditch fill nr Neolithic ? ?

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

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Cerealia pro c 2 1
cf. Labiatae pro c 3 1
Corylus avellana pro c 10 3
Galium aparine pro c 9 2
Hordeum sp. pro c ! 1 1
Malus sylvestris/Pyrus communis pro c 1 1
Polygonaceae pro c 2 1
Prunus spinosa pro c 1 1
Rosa/Rubus sp. tho c 4 1
Triticum dicoccon pro i 1 1
Veronica hederifolia pro c 2 1


Sample: 1597b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.BA ? cremation fills nr Bronze Age ? ?

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

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum tub c 10 3


Sample: 1597c
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
PH.IA 194 ditch fill carbon-rich Iron Age ? ?

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

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c 1 1
Bromus sp. pro c 7 2
Carex sp. pro c 1 1
Cerealia pro c 1 1
cf. Bromus sp. pro c 3 1
cf. Cyperaceae pro c 1 1
cf. Festuca sp. pro c 1 1
Gramineae pro c 5 2
Hyoscyamus niger pro c 1 1
Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 1 1
Leguminosae pro c 1 1
Plantago lanceolata pro c 1 1
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c 4 1
Ranunculus flammula pro c 1 1
Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro c 2 1
Rumex acetosella agg. pro c 17 3
Rumex sp. pro c 1 1
Stellaria graminea pro c 1 1
Stellaria media group pro c 3 1
Triticum sp. glb c 5 2
Triticum sp. rch c 1 1
Triticum spelta pro c 2 1


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