ABCD: 1417

Brean Down 83-7 Weston-super-Mare

Site code:

1417

Site details:

Location: Brean Down 83-7, Weston-super-Mare, 1990, Somerset, England ST285589
Period: Neolithic to post medieval
Category: complex settlement
Notes: extensive bulk sieving- several contexts with no plant remains
Topography: coastal promontory carb limestone
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Straker V. 1990. Charred plant macrofossils. 211-9. In: Bell M (ed.) Brean Down Excavations 1983-1987. English Heritage Monograph 15. England, Somerset

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VS - Straker, Vanessa: DUA London/Bristol Univ

Sample: 1417a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.NE:BA.BE	Unit 8a (2	buried soil	reddish brown clay	neolithic/beaker	-3790	-1510
Context integrity: 3 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 1 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: paleosoil
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance cf. Viola sp. pro c 1 1 Corylus avellana cwd c Q% 4 1 Corylus avellana pro c Q f 2 Crataegus sp. pro c 1 1 Fraxinus excelsior cwd c Q% 54 3 Gramineae pro c 1 1 indet. cwd c Q% 29 3 Pomoideae cwd c Q% 6 1 Prunus cf. avium/padus cwd c Q% 2 1 Prunus cf. spinosa cwd c Q% 2 1 Prunus spinosa pro c f 2 Quercus sp. cwd c Q% 2 1 Rhamnus catharticus cwd c Q% 1 1 Taxus baccata cwd c Q% 1 1 Triticum sp. glb c 1 1

Sample: 1417b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.NE:BA.BE	Unit 7 (2)	occupation layer	sand layer	?Beaker?	-2185	-1680
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Crataegus sp. pro c 1 1 Triticum sp. pro c 1 1

Sample: 1417c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA.EB	Unit 6b (1	colluvium	nr	early Bronze Age	-2865	-1985
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c 1 1 Cerealia pro c 1 1 Corylus avellana pro c Q f 2 Gramineae pro c 1 1 Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1 Hyoscyamus niger pro c 1 1 Triticum dicoccon glb c ! 2 1 Triticum dicoccon/spelta glb c 1 1

Sample: 1417d

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA.EB:MB	Unit 6a (1	occupation layer	nr	early-mid Bronze Age	-1610	-420
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Cerealia pro c Q f 2 cf. Montia sp. pro c 1 1 Chenopodium cf. album pro c 1 1 Gramineae pro c 2 1 Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1 Hyoscyamus niger pro c 2 1 Juncus sp. pro c P 3 1 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 1 1 Plantago lanceolata pro c 1 1 Ranunculus lingua pro c 1 1 Rosaceae tho c 1 1 Trifolium sp. pro c 2 1 Triticum sp. pro c 2 1 Umbelliferae pro c 1 1

Sample: 1417e

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA.EB:MB	Unit 6a (2	?	nr	early to mid Bronze Age	-1870	-1430
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 3 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Brassica/Sinapis sp. pro c 1 1 Capsella bursa-pastoris pro c 2 1 Carex sp. pro c P 3 1 Caryophyllaceae pro c 3 1 Cerealia clm c 1 1 Cerealia pro c 5 1 cf. Malva sylvestris pro c 1 1 cf. Moehringia trinervia pro c 1 1 cf. Montia sp. pro c 3 1 cf. Prunus sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Urtica urens pro c 1 1 Chenopodiaceae pro c 1 1 Chenopodium cf. album pro c 1 1 Chenopodium glaucum/rubrum pro c 1 1 Chenopodium sp. pro c P 8 1 Corylus avellana pro c Q f 2 Crataegus sp. pro c 1 1 Eleocharis palustris/uniglumis pro c 1 1 Euphrasia/Odontites verna pro c 1 1 Galium sp. pro c 1 1 Gramineae clm c ! 1 1 Gramineae pro c 160 4 Hordeum sp. pro c P! 8 1 indet. swd c 1 1 Juncus sp. pro c P 4 1 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 1 1 Mentha sp. pro c 1 1 Myosoton aquaticum pro c 1 1 Polygonaceae pro c 1 1 Prunus spinosa pro c Q f 2 Rosa sp. pro c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c P 3 1 Senecio cf. aquaticus pro c 1 1 Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 1 1 Triticum dicoccon/spelta pro c 2 1 Triticum sp. pro c 5 1

Sample: 1417f

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA.MB:LB	Unit 5b (1	occupation layer	nr	mid to late Bronze Age	-2020	-840
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Avena sp. pro c 1 1 Avena/Bromus sp. pro c 1 1 Bromus sp. tub c 3 1 Capsella bursa-pastoris pro c 3 1 Carex sp. pro c P 22 3 Caryophyllaceae pro c 4 1 Caryophyllaceae/Chenopodiaceae pro c 11 2 Cerealia pro c 21 3 cf. Arenaria sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Atropa bella-donna pro c 1 1 cf. Avena sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Epilobium sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Moehringia trinervia pro c 5 1 cf. Montia sp. pro c 1 1 cf. Pteridium aquilinum pro c 1 1 cf. Scirpus maritimus pro c 1 1 cf. Sherardia arvensis pro c 2 1 cf. Urtica urens pro c 1 1 Chenopodiaceae pro c 48 3 Chenopodium cf. album pro c 13 2 Chenopodium ficifolium pro c 1 1 Chenopodium glaucum/rubrum pro c 2 1 Chenopodium sp. pro c P 11 2 Crataegus sp. pro c 1 1 Cruciferae pro c 9 1 Cyperaceae pro c 1 1 Euphrasia/Odontites verna pro c 3 1 Galium aparine pro c 1 1 Galium sp. pro c 3 1 Gramineae clm c 1 1 Gramineae pro c 165 4 Hordeum sp. pro c ! 58 3 Hyoscyamus niger pro c 7 1 Juncus sp. pro c P 340 4 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 1 1 Leguminosae pro c 1 1 Myosoton aquaticum pro c 2 1 Papaver cf. dubium pro c 1 1 Plantago lanceolata pro c 3 1 Plantago major pro c 1 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c 1 1 Polygonum lapathifolium pro c 1 1 Potentilla cf. reptans pro c 1 1 Rumex acetosella agg. pro c 1 1 Rumex sp. pro c P 7 1 Stellaria media agg. pro c 1 1 Suaeda maritima pro c 5 1 Trifolium cf. dubium pro c 1 1 Trifolium cf. pratense pro c 1 1 Trifolium sp. pro c 14 2 Triticum cf. dicoccon pro c 2 1 Triticum cf. spelta pro c 1 1 Triticum dicoccon glb c 14 2 Triticum dicoccon/monococcum glb c 1 1 Triticum dicoccon/monococcum/spelta glb c 4 1 Triticum dicoccon/spelta glb c 6 1 Triticum dicoccon/spelta pro c 7 1 Triticum sp. glb c 44 3 Triticum sp. pro c !1 16 2 Triticum spelta glb c 1 1 Triticum/Hordeum sp. pro c 2 1 Vicia faba var. minor pro c 1 1 Viola cf. tricolor pro c 1 1

Sample: 1417g

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA.LB	Unit 4 (1)	occupation layer	nr	late Bronze Age	-1940	-800
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum tub c 1 1 Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c 8 1 Caryophyllaceae/Chenopodiaceae pro c 1 1 Cerealia clm c 1 1 Cerealia pro c Q f 2 Chenopodium glaucum/rubrum pro c 1 1 Corylus avellana pro c Q f 2 Crataegus sp. pro c 1 1 Cyperaceae pro c 1 1 Gramineae clm c ! 1 1 Hordeum sp. pro c 1 1 Hordeum sp. rai c 1 1 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 2 1 Leguminosae pro c 2 1 Lycopus europaeus pro c 2 1 Polygonaceae pro c 2 1 Prunus spinosa pro c Q f 2 Triticum spelta glb c 1 1

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