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Table 127: Numbers of fragments (NISP) for each taxon by Area 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 D E F G H I J K L M N P Q R Total
Cattle 420 187 317 124 1317 475 717 818 664 248 274 67 41 10 5679
Sheep/goat 68 32 56 17 124 206 252 172 120 26 37 5 17 4 1036
Sheep (15) (4) (9) (2) (17) (73) (65) (63) (29) (11) (14) (2) (4) (1) (309)
?Sheep (1) - (1) - (2) (4) (4) - - - (2) - - - (14)
Goat - (1) - - - - (2) - - - - - - - (3)
?Goat - - - - - (1) - - - - - - - - (1)
Pig 36 11 5 7 53 34 107 97 143 10 25 4 8 - 540
Equid species 18 7 5 - 48 8 6 22 30 8 8 1 3 3 167
Dog 9 2 2 1 29 16 6 18 90 19 6 - - - 198
Brown hare - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Small vole species - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - 1
Badger - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Red deer - - 2 - 4 1 4 3 1 1 - - - - 16
Roe deer - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Human - 4 - - - 2 - 5 - 1 - - 2 - 14
Domestic chicken - 1 1 - 2 1 51 5 8 3 2 - - - 74
Goose species - - - - - 1 - - - 2 - 1 - - 4
Duck species 1 - - - - - 4 11 - 2 5 1 - - 24
Peregrine falcon - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Plover species 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1
?Plover species - - - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2
Curlew - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Woodcock - - - - - - - 1 - 1 2 - - - 4
?Woodcock - - - - - 1 - - - - - - 1
Medium-sized wader - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - 3
Small wader - - - - - - - 1 - - 1 - - - 2
Raven - - - - - - 2 6 - - - - - - 8
Amphibian - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3
Common frog - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Total 553 244 388 149 1577 744 1151 1162 1060 321 364 82 71 17 7883