CHARRED AND MINERALISED PLANT MACROFOSSILS FROM PADDOCK HILL, OCTON, THWING, YORKSHIRE

Author(s): W Carruthers

Seven samples from the Late Bronze Age Ring Fort at Thwing produced early evidence for the cultivation of spelt wheat, in addition to emmer, bread-type wheat and barley. The spelt chaff was recovered from an inner ditch fill radiocarbon dated to c. 2890 BP. Grain, chaff and a few general weed seeds of cultivation were recorded. Six samples from an C8th to early C10th Anglo-Saxon settlement produced evidence for the cultivation of barley and bread-type wheat, as well as possibly broad beans and brassicas. A few mineralised remains were recovered from two midden samples. Fragments of heather provide evidence for the gathering of fuel for a furnace from some distance away.

Report Number:
14/1993
Series:
AML Reports (New Series)
Pages:
12
Keywords:
Grain Grain, Carbonised Plant Remains

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