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ABCD: 1622

Coney St York 74-5 York


Site code:
1622


Site details:
Location: Coney St York 74-5, York, 1979, North Yorkshire, England SE602517
Period: roman
Category: urban warehouse
Notes: samples from beneath the granary floor
Topography: lowland river-side
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography
Williams D. 1979. The plant remains. 52-62 and 81-91. In: Kenward H K and Williams D. Biological evidence from the Roman warehouses in Coney Street. The Archaeology of York AY 14(2). London: CBA. 45-100. England, North Yorkshire

Processed by
DW - Williams, Dorian: York, EAU

Sample: 1622a
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
RO.RM 2077 burnt grain deposit cereal grain Roman 70 200

Context integrity: 3
Context preservation: bu
Dating method: arte
Dating validity: 3
Environmental interpretion: one context?
Archaeological interpretion: grain from two warehouses AD70-90 and late 1st-2ndcAD

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Agrostemma githago pro c 53 4
Atriplex sp. pro c 1 1
Avena sp. pro c A% 5 2
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c 7 2
Bromus sp. pro c %A 7 2
Carex sp. pro c P 11 3
Centaurea sp. pro c !1 2 1
cf. Morus nigra pro c 1 1
Chenopodium album pro c 6 2
Delphinium sp. pro c !2 3 1
Eleocharis palustris sl pro c 3 1
Ficus carica pro c 3 1
Galeopsis tetrahit pro c 1 1
Hordeum vulgare pro c % 24 3
Lathyrus aphaca pro c 1 1
Malva sp. pro c 1 1
Medicago lupulina pro c 4 1
Plantago lanceolata pro c 1 1
Polygonum lapathifolium pro c 1 1
Raphanus raphanistrum pro c 43 3
Rumex sp. pro c A 11 3
Sambucus nigra pro a C 1 1
Secale cereale pro c % 10 3
Silene sp. pro c A2 1 1
Trifolium sp. pro c 1 1
Triticum spelta pro c % 55 4
Vicia hirsuta pro c 19 3
Vicia sativa pro c 9 2
Vicia sp. pro c P 62 4
Vicia tetrasperma pro c 10 3


Sample: 1622b
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
RO.RM 2121 ditch fill & lower silts nr ?pre-Roman ? ?

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: ?
Dating validity: ?
Environmental interpretion: pollen
Archaeological interpretion: apparently natural soils

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Alnus pol w % 43 3
Betula pol w % 1 1
Caryophyllaceae pol w % + 1
Cerealia pol w % 1 1
cf. Potentilla pol w % + 1
Compositae pol w %! 7 2
Corylus pol w % 21 3
Cyperaceae pol w % 1 1
Dipsacaceae pol w % 1 1
Ericales pol w % 1 1
Gramineae pol w % 58 4
Hedera pol w % + 1
Ilex pol w % 1 1
Leguminosae pol w % 1 1
Pinus pol w % + 1
Plantago lanceolata pol w % 5 2
Polygonum amphibium type pol w % + 1
Quercus pol w % 1 1
Ranunculaceae pol w % 1 1
Rubiaceae pol w % + 1
Rumex pol w % 1 1
Sambucus pol w % + 1
Tilia pol w % 1 1


Sample: 1622c
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
RO.RM 2121-5 ditch fill & lower silts nr ?pre-Roman ? ?

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: ?
Dating validity: ?
Environmental interpretion: macros
Archaeological interpretion: apparently natural soils

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Carex sp. pro w P p 1
Chenopodium album pro w p 1
Isolepis setacea pro w T p 1
Montia fontana pro w p 1
Polygonum lapathifolium pro w p 1
Potentilla erecta pro w p 1
Ranunculus repens pro w p 1


Sample: 1622d
Period Context Type Sediment Period Earliest date Latest date
RO.RM 2105 silt layer humic silt Roman ? ?

Context integrity: ?
Context preservation: wl
Dating method: ?
Dating validity: ?
Environmental interpretion: lots of grain pests in this silt
Archaeological interpretion: remains of two warehouses AD70-90 and late 1sr-2nd cAD

Taxalist:
Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance
Agrostemma githago pro w 150 4
Aphanes arvensis agg. pro w 4 1
Atriplex sp. pro w A2 13 3
Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 2 1
Bromus sp. pro c 3 1
Carex sp. pro w P 12 3
Cerealia pro c 27 3
Chenopodium album pro w 60 4
Chenopodium polyspermum pro w 2 1
Eleocharis palustris pro w 9 2
Ficus carica pro w 1 1
Fumaria cf. officinalis pro w 2 1
Galeopsis tetrahit pro w 20 3
Hordeum vulgare pro c 2 1
Hyoscyamus niger pro w 4 1
Lamium cf. purpureum pro w 3 1
Lychnis flos-cuculi pro w 1 1
Papaver rhoeas pro w 4 1
Pedicularis palustris pro w 1 1
Polygonum aviculare agg. pro w 2 1
Polygonum lapathifolium pro w 2 1
Polygonum persicaria pro w 2 1
Potamogeton sp. pro w 1 1
Potentilla anserina pro w 1 1
Potentilla cf. reptans pro w 2 1
Potentilla sp. pro w 4 1
Prunella vulgaris pro w 1 1
Ranunculus flammula pro w 1 1
Ranunculus sp. pro w A1 9 2
Ranunculus Subgenus Batrachium pro w 1 1
Raphanus raphanistrum pro w 14 3
Rumex acetosella pro w 3 1
Rumex sp. pro w P! 16 3
Sambucus nigra pro w 26 3
Scirpus sp. pro w 3 1
Secale cereale pro c 7 2
Silene alba pro w 28 3
Stellaria cf. media pro w 1 1
Stellaria graminea pro w 1 1
Thlaspi arvense pro w 1 1
Torilis nodosa pro w 1 1
Triticum cf. spelta pro c 22 3
Triticum sp. pro c A 1 1
Urtica dioica pro w 6 2
Viola sp. pro w 1 1


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