INSECT REMAINS FROM BRIDGE STREET, IPSWICH.
Author(s): H Kenward
Three samples from the Bridge Street, Ipswich, site were submitted for examination, and insects were extracted using standard methods. Species associated with rotting matter made up a substantial part of the fauna of the first sample, from a 13th century organic refuse deposit. The two most commonly occuring species are associated with strand-line litter and probably bred in the layer as it formed. Other taxa were those commonly found in insect assemblages from 9th- 13th century occupation sites. Three specices were of note, being associated with heathland. A considerable number of scale insects (Coccoidea) were represented.The second sample, from a layer identified as a late Saxon refuse deposit, dumped on the banks of the River Orwell, produced a fairly small number of insects.Aquatic species were fairly abundant, but the assemblage had no strong character and may have been mostly'background fauna' or deposited by floodwater. Few insects were recovered from the third sample, from a Middle Saxon deposit on a former foreshore of the River Orwell. Species from freshwater and other semi-natural habitats formed a substantial part of the assemblage.
- Report Number:
- 195/1987
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 8
- Keywords:
- Animal Remains Insect