THE MEDIEVAL PLANT REMAINS FROM ROCK-CUT PITS AT WATERGATE STREET, CHESTER, CHESHIRE; NEW INFORMATION ON FOOD REMAINS.
Author(s): J R A Greig
Mid thirteenth century pits of ordure yielded cereal remains with fragments of cornfield weed seeds that had probably been milled with the grain, consumed and defaecated. There were some charred grains, peas and beans, perhaps from household waste. There were also fruitstones and pips, and small fragments of Allium epidermis and a leek seed, also waterlogged pea and bean fragments. The importance of this material is that it is so well preserved that it allows new insights into past diet and farming.
- Report Number:
- 57/1988
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 24
- Keywords:
- Plant Remains
