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Table 119. Numbers of fragments (NISP) of each taxa by period recovered by sieving, from Elms Farm, Heybridge Essex.

+ denotes species present with only 'non-countable' elements, the Sheep/goat category includes those positively identified to species (as detailed underneath in brackets)
Taxa Period 2 Period 2-3 Period 3 Period 3-4 Period 4 Period 4-5 Period 5 Period 5-6 Period 6 Total
Cattle 16 - 69 14 37 1 17 18 5 177
Sheep/goat 42 2 96 5 20 4 5 6 3 183
Sheep -10 -1 -31 -4 -6 -1 - -1 -1 -55
?Goat - - - - -1 - - - - -1
Pig 17 - 19 6 17 1 3 6 - 69
Equid species - - 1 - - - - 1 - 2
Dog 1 - 12 - 27 - - - - 40
Common shrew - - 1 - - - 1 1 - 3
Bank vole - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Field vole - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Water vole - - 1 - - - - - - 1
?Water vole - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Vole species - - 4 - - - - - - 4
Wood/Yellow-necked mouse - - 2 - - - 1 - - 3
House mouse - - 1 1 - - - - - 2
?House mouse - - - - 1 2 - - - 3
Mouse species 2 - 19 - 1 1 - - - 23
Small rodent - - 2 - - - - - - 2
Domestic chicken 2 - 1 - 10 - - 1 - 14
Duck species 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - 3
?Duck species - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Teal - - - - - - - 2 - 2
?Teal - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Plover species - - 1 - 1 - - - - 2
?Plover species - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Woodcock - - - - 1 - - 3 1 5
Small wader 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 - - 5
Thrush/starling species 1 - - - - - - - - 1
Passeriformes - - - - - - - - 1 1
Amphibian 16 - 26 - - - - 1 - 43
Common frog 4 - 2 - - - - + - 6
Fish + - + + + + + + +
Total 103 2 261 28 118 9 29 40 10 600