PLANT REMAINS FROM EXCAVATIONS AT 5 ROUGIER STREET, YORK.

Author(s): P Tomlinson

One hundred and eight samples from forty-five contexts of 2nd to 13th century date were surveyed for plant macrofossil remains by examining both the residues and flots from thirty-seven 'test' samples and the residues and wash-overs from bulk-sieved samples. The 1kg 'test' samples were treated by paraffin flotation to extract the insect material before the plant remains were examined. There were four main groups of samples: from the medieval cesspits; from various Roman layers; from a large Roman burnt layer with charred grain; and from the waterchannels and gullies from the lowest levels at the site. All these yielded a wide variety of material. This report also includes the sediment descriptions of all the 'test' samples. YAT Site Code: 1981.12

Report Number:
57/1989
Series:
AML Reports (New Series)
Pages:
35
Keywords:
Plant Remains

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