ABCD: 1597

Briar Hill 74-8 nr Northampton

Site code:

1597

Site details:

Location: Briar Hill 74-8, nr Northampton, 1985, Northamptonshire, England SP736592
Period: Neolithic - Bronze Age - Iron Age
Category: settlement enclosure
Notes: samples taken floated and sorted by excavators
Topography: valley side 85m OD on Jurrassic sand
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Perry A. 1985. The carbonised plant remains. 126 and fiche 3 249-51. In: Bamford H M. 1985. Briar Hill excavation 1974-87. Northampton: Development Corporation. England, Northamptonshire

Processed by

AP - Perry, Ann: (1985)

MKJ - Jones, Martin K: Oxford Univ; Durham Univ; Cambridge Univ

MR - Robinson, Mark: Oxford Univ

Sample: 1597a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.NE	?	ditch fill	nr	Neolithic	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Cerealia pro c 2 1 cf. Labiatae pro c 3 1 Corylus avellana pro c 10 3 Galium aparine pro c 9 2 Hordeum sp. pro c ! 1 1 Malus sylvestris/Pyrus communis pro c 1 1 Polygonaceae pro c 2 1 Prunus spinosa pro c 1 1 Rosa/Rubus sp. tho c 4 1 Triticum dicoccon pro i 1 1 Veronica hederifolia pro c 2 1

Sample: 1597b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA	?	cremation fills	nr	Bronze Age	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum tub c 10 3

Sample: 1597c

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.IA	194	ditch fill	carbon-rich	Iron Age	?	?
Context integrity: ? Context preservation: bu Dating method: ? Dating validity: ? Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: -
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Bilderdykia convolvulus pro c 1 1 Bromus sp. pro c 7 2 Carex sp. pro c 1 1 Cerealia pro c 1 1 cf. Bromus sp. pro c 3 1 cf. Cyperaceae pro c 1 1 cf. Festuca sp. pro c 1 1 Gramineae pro c 5 2 Hyoscyamus niger pro c 1 1 Lathyrus/Vicia sp. pro c 1 1 Leguminosae pro c 1 1 Plantago lanceolata pro c 1 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c 4 1 Ranunculus flammula pro c 1 1 Ranunculus Section Ranunculus pro c 2 1 Rumex acetosella agg. pro c 17 3 Rumex sp. pro c 1 1 Stellaria graminea pro c 1 1 Stellaria media group pro c 3 1 Triticum sp. glb c 5 2 Triticum sp. rch c 1 1 Triticum spelta pro c 2 1

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