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Table 126: Numbers of fragments (NISP) for each taxa by context type for all periods, from Elms Farm, Heybridge, Essex.

The sheep/goat category includes those fragments positively identified to species (as detailed underneath in brackets)
Taxa Post-holes Building Ditches Dumps Floor Funerary Gully Layers Pits Trenches Wells Hearth/Oven Total
Cattle 185 55 498 6 134 11 93 704 2699 40 288 52 4765
Sheep/goat 34 5 111 - 1 - 24 190 601 39 40 - 1045
Sheep (6) - (23) - - - (4) (45) (173) (16) (19) - (286)
?Sheep - - (4) - - - - (4) (6) - - - (14)
Goat - - (1) - - - - - - - - - (1)
?Goat - - - - - - - (1) (1) - - - -2
Pig 14 3 60 - 1 - 2 49 295 3 48 2 477
Equid species 4 2 22 - 1 - 4 12 62 - 20 2 129
Dog 1 - 4 - - - - 8 24 - 24 - 61
?Dog - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2
Brown hare - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Badger - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Red deer 1 - 4 - 1 - - 2 6 - 1 - 15
Human - - - - - - - 5 9 - 1 - 15
Domestic chicken 5 1 2 - - - - 1 61 - 2 - 72
Goose species - - - - - - - - 2 - 2 - 4
Duck species - - 4 - - - - 1 17 - 1 - 23
?Duck species - - - - - - - 1 - - - - 1
Peregrine falcon - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Plover species - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
?Plover species - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2
Curlew - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Woodcock - - - - - - - - 4 - - - 4
?Woodcock - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1
Medium-sized wader - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3
Small wader - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2
Raven - - 2 - - - - - 6 - - - 8
Amphibian - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 3
Common frog - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1
Total 244 66 708 6 138 11 123 973 3797 82 434 56 6638