ARTHROPOD REMAINS FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES IN SOUTHAMPTON.
Author(s): H Kenward, M A Girling
Arthropod remains collected using non-standard techniques from a large number of contexts at a series of sites in Southampton have been examined. The majority were of saxon date from 'Hamwic'. Preservationwas usually by 'mineralisation', and the great bulk of the fossils were of woodlice (Isopoda), millipedes (Diplopoda) and immature stages of flies (Diptera). These gave only limited ecological information. A few contexts contained remains, including beetles (Coleoptera), preserved by 'waterlogging'. The number of such samples was too small, and the abundance of the insects recovered too low, for much interpretation. THIS SECTION TO BE DELETED AFTER ISSUE OF CATALOGUE This report has been prepared extremely rapidly in orderto meet the publication deadline and shortcuts have beennecessary. In particular, it has not been practicable (or probably justifiable) for HK to complete the identifications to the level adopted by MG.
- Report Number:
- 46/1986
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 29
- Keywords:
- Animal Remains Insect
