THE STANSTED AIRPORT PROJECT, ESSEX: PART 4; THE AIRPORT CATERING SERVICES SITE.
Author(s): P Murphy
The site was an enclosed settlement, dated c75BC-50/60 AD. Sparse assemblages of carbonised cereals (mainly Triticum spelta with some Hordeum sp., Triticum aestivum s.l., Triticum dicoccum), weed seeds, and wild fruits and nuts were recovered. Sample composition suggests the assemblages represent charred semi-cleaned crop products: no deposits of crop cleaning waste were found. In view of this, and considering the predominance of heavy clay soils in the vicinity, it is tentatively suggested that arable farming may not have been the main feature of the site's economy. Mollusca from the enclosure ditch indicate natural infilling, conditions in the ditch becoming progressively more open and less damp.
- Report Number:
- 98/1989
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 17
- Keywords:
- Environmental Studies
