COFFINSWELL, GREAT WEST BROOKE, TORBAY, GWB 91: THE IDENTIFICATION OF MINERAL REPLACED PLANT MATERIAL PRESENT ON IRON AGE CURRENCY BARS
Author(s): R M O Gale
Ties, used to secure Iron Age metal currency bars, and other extraneous fragments of plant material associated with the bars were preserved by mineral replacement of the tissues. Examination of the ties indicated the use of several herbaceous stems including possibly Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn, bracken, and some narrower unidentified stems. The abundance of bracken adhering to other areas of the bars suggested its possible use as a packing material.
- Report Number:
- 81/1992
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 3
- Keywords:
- Mineral Preserved Organic
