SOIL REPORT ON THE MID-SAXON FLOOR AND DARK EARTH AT JUBILEE HALL, COVENT GARDEN, LONDON.

Author(s): R I Macphail

The Mid-Saxon brickearth floor contained possible carnivorous type coprolites, and in addition seemed to have been affected by organo-phospatic solutions from ash from the hearth and also possibly from cess. Vivianite occured. (Some features, however, may post- date the burial of the site). Perhaps after abandonmentan omnivorous type coprolite was deposited on the floor surface, possibly just prior to the collapse of the building when the daub walls were affected by fire. Typical Dark Earth fabrics may result more from the activity of Enchytraeidae than from earthworms.

Report Number:
39/1987
Series:
AML Reports (New Series)
Pages:
20
Keywords:
Soil/Sediment

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