ABCD: 1794

Upper Thames St City of London

Site code:

1794

Site details:

Location: Upper Thames St, City of London, 1980, Greater London, England TQ319816
Period: Roman - medieval
Category: urban occupation
Notes: dumped deposits between wall, buildings and river
Topography: waterfront
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Willcox G H. 1980. The environmental evidence. 78-82. In: Hill C, Millet M and Blagg T. The Roman Riverside Wall and Monumental Arch in London. London and Middlesex Archaeol. Soc. Special Paper 3. England, Greater London

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GHW - Willcox, George H: London

Sample: 1794a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO	Area VI 30	layer	highly organic	Roman	?	?
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: strat Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: not recorded archaeologically due to modern disturbance
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Chenopodium album agg. pro w 2 1 Corylus avellana pro w 1 1 Cyperaceae pro w 114 4 Juncus sp. pro w 2 1 Lycopus europaeus pro w 10 3 Picris sp. pro w 1 1 Pinus pinea cns w 1 1 Polygonum sp. pro w 1 1 Potamogeton sp. pro w 2 1 Potentilla sp. pro w 4 1 Prunus avium pro w 1 1 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w L 80 4 Reseda luteola pro w 7 2 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 2 1 Senecio sp. pro w 1 1 Silene sp. pro w P 3 1

Sample: 1794b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO:PR.LR:SE.ES:MS	199, 181,	dump layers	nr	late Roman to 8th c	?	?
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: pot Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: highly tenuous interpretation Archaeological interpretion: residual pottery, probably artificial dumping
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Juncus sp. pro w P 3 1 Leguminosae pro w 3 1 Lycopus europaeus pro w 5 1 Papaver sp. pro w 19 2 Picris sp. pro w 1 1 Polygonum sp. pro w 2 1 Potentilla sp. pro w 1 1 Ranunculus sceleratus pro w 500 4 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w L 5 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 8 1 Rumex sp. pro w P 7 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 486 4 Silene sp. pro w P 11 2 Solanum nigrum pro w 47 3 Urtica dioica pro w 481 4 Arctium sp. pro w L 24 3 Brassica sp. pro w 1 1 Chenopodium album agg. pro w 30 3 Chenopodium bonus-henricus pro w 2 1 Chenopodium sp. pro w P 63 3 Cyperaceae pro w 143 4

Sample: 1794c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD.HM	2, 306	dumped layer	nr	medieval	1200	1300
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: wl Dating method: art Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: `derived plant remains' Archaeological interpretion: dumped layers into pres. a tidal zone -pre med waterfront
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Aethusa cynapium pro w 3 1 Agrostemma githago pro w 5 1 Bidens tripartita pro w 1 1 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro w 14 2 Brassica sp. pro w 2 1 Centaurea nigra pro w 28 3 Cerealia pro w 4 1 Chenopodium album agg. pro w 100 4 Chenopodium sp. pro w P 13 2 Chrysanthemum segetum pro w 111 4 Corylus avellana pro w 2 1 Cyperaceae pro w 48 3 Leontodon sp. pro w 4 1 Menyanthes trifoliata pro w 4 1 Polygonum cf. hydropiper pro w 6 1 Polygonum lapathifolium pro w 26 3 Polygonum persicaria pro w 2 1 Polygonum sp. pro w 23 3 Prunus avium pro w 3 1 Prunus domestica pro w 3 1 Ranunculus sceleratus pro w 50 3 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w L 166 4 Ranunculus sp. pro w P 26 3 Reseda luteola pro w 4 1 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 3 1 Rumex sp. pro w P 2 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 44 3 Sorbus sp. pro w 1 1

Sample: 1794d

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PR.MD	146, 141	buildup layer	nr	medieval	?	?
Context integrity: 2 Context preservation: wl Dating method: ? Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: rubbish dumping Archaeological interpretion: in front of medieval waterfront
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Agrostemma githago pro w 15 2 Brassica sp. pro w 2 1 Centaurea nigra pro w 2 1 Cerealia pro w 2 1 cf. Daucus carota pro w 13 2 Chenopodium album agg. pro w 4 1 Chenopodium sp. pro w P 16 2 Chrysanthemum segetum pro w 17 2 Cyperaceae pro w 43 3 Ficus carica pro w 2 1 Leontodon sp. pro w 2 1 Menyanthes trifoliata pro w 3 1 Morus nigra pro w 3 1 Polygonum cf. hydropiper pro w 5 1 Potentilla sp. pro w 1 1 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro w L 25 3 Ranunculus sp. pro w P 20 3 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 1 1 Rumex sp. pro w 1 1 Sambucus nigra pro w 2 1 Silene sp. pro w P 4 1 Vitis vinifera pro w 1 1

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