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Table 118. Numbers of fragments (NISP) of each taxa by period recovered by hand-collection, from Elms Farm, Heybridge Essex.
* denotes that the number given includes one or more part/whole articulated skeletons (see Table 4 for details)
+ denotes species present with only 'non-countable' elements
The sheep/goat category includes those fragments positively identified to species (as detailed underneath in brackets)
Taxa Taxa Period 2 Period 2-3 Period 3 Period 3-4 Period 4 Period 4-5 Period 5 Period 5-6 Period 6 Total
Bos taurus Cattle 780 44 1231 92 1673 227* 496 763 378 5684
Caprinae Sheep/goat 216 13 462 13 227 28 55 83 41 1138
Ovis aries Sheep (53) (5) (135) (4) (52) (11) (12) (20) (18) (310)
?Ovis aries ?Sheep - - (9) - (5) - - - - (14)
Capra hircus Goat - - - - (1) - - (1) - (2)
?Capra hircus ?Goat (1) - (1) - - - - - - (2)
Sus scrofa Pig 196 5 101* 6 100 50* 17 29* 37 541
Equus sp. Equid species 38 1 37 - 15 3 39* 10 24 167
Canis familiaris Dog 8* - 41* - 52* 73* 7 2 15* 198
?Canis familiaris ?Dog - - - - 2 - - - - 2
Lepus europaeus Brown hare - - - - - - 1 - - 1
Arvicolinae sp. Vole species - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Meles meles Badger - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Cervidae Deer species + - - - + - - - +
Cervus elaphus Red deer 1 + 3 1 9 + 1 1 + 16
?Cervus elaphus ?Red deer - - + - - - - - -
Capreolus capreolus Roe deer - - 1 + - - - - + 1
Homo sapiens Human 4 - 1 - 6 - 4 - - 15
Gallus gallus Domestic chicken - - 11 1 45 3 11 2 1 74
Cygnus olor Mute swan - - + - - - - - -
Anser sp. Goose species - - - 1 1 - 1 - 1 4
Anas sp. Duck species - - 3 1 6 5 7 - 1 23
?Anas sp. ?Duck species - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Falco peregrinus Peregrine falcon - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Pluvialis sp. Plover species - - - - - - - - - 0
?Pluvialis sp. ?Plover species - - - - - - 2 - - 2
cf. Pluvialis squatarola Grey plover - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Numenius arquata Curlew - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Scolopax rusticola Woodcock - 1 - - - 1 2 - - 4
?Scolopax rusticola ?Woodcock - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Medium-sized wader - - - 3 - - - - - 3
Small wader - - - - - 1 1 - - 2
Corvus corax Raven - - 2 - 2 2 - - 2 8
Amphibia Amphibian - - - - - 3 - - - 3
Rana temporaria Common frog - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Total 1243 64 1894 118 2141 399 644 891 500 7894