ORCHARD LANE, HUNTINGDON, CAMBRIDGESHIRE. PLANT MACROFOSSILS AND INVERTEBRATES FROM LATE SAXON CONTEXTS
Author(s): P Murphy
Bulk samples from Late Saxon pits and other features produced charred and mineral-replaced plant material. Charred cereal grains, pulse seeds and hazel nutshell were thought to represent domestic food waste. Mineral-replaced assemblages (concretions, plant macrofossils, fly puparia etc.) were typical of urban latrine pits. Marine mollusc shells from the site included very immature specimens, possibly material discarded from shellfish catches.
- Report Number:
- 7/1996
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 7
- Keywords:
- Grain, Carbonised Insect Mineral Preserved Organic Mollusca Plant Remains
