BALDOCK, HERTFORDSHIRE: LAND MOLLUSCS, CARBONISED CEREALS AND CROP WEEDS, CHARCOAL, AVIAN EGGSHELL AND COPROLITES FROM PRE-HISTORIC AND ROMAN CONTEXTS
Author(s): P Murphy
Land mollusc assemblages came from pits, solution hollows and other features of Neolithic-Roman date. A Neolithic pit produced as assemblage with a high proportion of woodland taxa but Bronze Age-Roman features produced open-country faunas. Iron Age and Roman features produced cereal/weed seed assemblages composed largely of spelt processing waste. An Iron Age 'pyre-pit' contained a collection of charred vegetative plant material and cereals. Charcoals from cremations and other contexts were mainly of oak. Eggshell fragments and a near-intact egg from an Iron Age cremation appear to be from domestic fowl. Macroscopic features and microscopic contents of coprolites, apparently mainly canine but including some human faecal material, are described.
- Report Number:
- 123/1990
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 15
- Keywords:
- Animal Remains Coprolite Egg Shell Environmental Studies Grain, Carbonised Mollusca Plant Remains
