Excavations at West Amesbury Farm: The charred plant remains from a Middle Neolithic pit group
Author(s): Ruth Pelling
Excavation at West Amesbury Farm, south of the A303, in the south eastern corner of the Stonehenge and Avebury World Heritage Site (WHS), revealed a Middle Neolithic pit group, as well as linear features, post holes and tree throws. Charred plant remains were recovered from a range of features, most notably the Middle Neolithic pits, and add to the growing body of data from Middle Neolithic pits in the Amesbury area. Hazelnut (Corylus avellana) shell fragments were the most numerous plant material type recovered, in common with contemporary pit groups elsewhere, and contribute to our understanding of the seemingly formulaic depositional fill process of such pits. Cultivated remains were demonstrated to be intrusive.
- Report Number:
- 26/2019
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 15
- Keywords:
- Neolithic Archaeology
