PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE TRIAL EXCAVATION OF THE CURSUS DITCHES AT POTLOCK, DERBYS.
Author(s): L C Moffett
Trial excavations at Potlock, Derbyshire, were sampled for charred plant remains as part of the over-all assessment of the site's potential prior to planning a research design for excavation. Preliminary results on the charred plant remains from a Neolithic cursus ditch produced only a small amount of cereal and wild plant remains, suggesting that this part of the ditch may not have been very near any domestic occupation. However, the charred plant remains were heavily impregnated with iron salts and it may be that poor recovery has biased the results. Further trial sampling will continue.
- Report Number:
- 19/1990
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 5
- Keywords:
- Plant Remains
