HOLME PIERREPONT SITE 5 (GREAT BRIGGS RING-DITCH): SOME PROBLEMS IN FLOTATION RECOVERY AT A BRONZE AGE RING-DITCH IN THE TRENT VALLEY, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.
Author(s): L C Moffett
Sampling a Bronze Age ring-ditch for the recovery of charred plant remains brought to light some problems in flotation recovery. The charred remains were heavily impregnated with soluble iron salts which impeded recovery by preventing the charred material from floating. Although the samples from this site yielded very little in the way of charred plant remains, it is not possible to determine how much this was due to a real scarcity of charred remains and how much to poor recovery.
- Report Number:
- 20/1990
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 5
- Keywords:
- Plant Remains
