HERTFORD CASTLE: MOLLUSCS AND OTHER MACROFOSSILS
Author(s): P Murphy
Samples from a large 15th century feature, either a pit or the butt-end of a ditch, produced land, freshwater and marine molluscs, ostracods, avian eggshell, bones, charophyte remains and carbonised plant remains. The mollusc assemblages indicate that the lower fills included an allochthonous component, probably related to river flooding. The upper fills seem to have been dumped layers. Food refuse generally was exceedingly rare and there is no evidence for large-scale refuse disposal.
- Report Number:
- 58/1991
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 3
- Keywords:
- Animal Remains Environmental Studies Mollusca
