CHARRED PLANT MACROFOSSILS FROM A MIDDLE-LATE BRONZE AGE SETTLEMENT AND LATER PREHISTORIC FEATURES AT TRETHELLAN FARM, NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
Author(s): V Straker
Charred cereals, grain and chaff were recovered from occupation deposits and areas of ritual activity. Most material came from the Bronze Age settlement which consisted of a number of round houses and part of a contemporary field system which were well preserved by a thick covering of hillwash. The principal crop was naked barley but emmer, spelt and bread wheats, celtic bean and flax were also cultivated. The possible use of Sisymbrium as an oil crop is discussed. A system including both spring and autumn sowing of arable and oil crops, involving rotation or some form of fallowing is postulated.
- Report Number:
- 42/1990
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 61
- Keywords:
- Plant Remains
