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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 |
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| 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 |