ABCD: 1628

Church St York 72-3 York

Site code:

1628

Site details:

Location: Church St York 72-3, York, 1976, North Yorkshire, England SE603519
Period: roman and later
Category: sewer
Notes: ?
Topography: lowland river valley
Condition: dry
Report type: macrofossil reports

Bibliography

Greig J R A. 1976. The plant remains. 23-8. In: P C Buckland (ed) The Environmental evidence from the Church Street Roman Sewer System. The Archaeology of York AY 14(1). London: CBA. England, North Yorkshire

Processed by

JRG - Greig, James R: Birmingham Univ, Dept Plant Sciences

Sample: 1628a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
RO	nr	sewer fill	silts etc	late Roman	300	400
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: wl Dating method: art/p Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: sewer deposits Archaeological interpretion: sewer apparently serving bath house of the legionary fortres
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Anthemis cotula pro w 6 2 Atropa bella-donna pro w 24 3 Carex cf. aquatilis pro w 3 1 Carex sp. pro w 2 1 cf. Apium graveolens pro w 1 1 cf. Brassica nigra pro w 2 1 cf. Brassica oleracea pro w 4 1 cf. Brassica rapa pro w 1 1 cf. Conium maculatum pro w 4 1 cf. Solanum nigrum pro w 1 1 Chara sp. oog w 12 3 Chenopodium album pro w 13 3 Chenopodium rubrum pro w 1 1 Cirsium sp. pro w 1 1 Fragaria vesca pro w 146 4 Hordeum vulgare pro c 1 1 Hyoscyamus niger pro w 9 2 Hypericum elodes pro w 11 3 Juncus sp. pro w QP 347 4 Lycopus europaeus pro w 1 1 Papaver cf. rhoeas pro w 1 1 Papaver cf. somniferum pro w 28 3 Ranunculus lingua pro w 1 1 Ranunculus sardous pro w 1 1 Ranunculus sceleratus pro w 39 3 Rubus fruticosus agg. pro w 149 4 Rubus idaeus pro w 82 4 Rubus sp. pro w 27 3 Sambucus nigra pro w 51 4 Silene dioica pro w 1 1 Spergula arvensis pro w 1 1 Triticum aestivo-compactum pro c 1 1 Urtica dioica pro w 2 1 Urtica urens pro w 9 2 Vitis vinifera pro w 1 1

Sample: 1628b

Period
RO
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Alnus pol w % 17 3 Artemisia pol w % + 1 Betula pol w % 8 2 Cerealia pol w % + 1 Chenopodiaceae pol w % 1 1 Compositae pol w % 1 1 Corylus pol w % 13 3 Cruciferae pol w % + 1 Cyperaceae pol w % 1 1 Ericales pol w % 11 3 Gramineae pol w % 10 3 Pinus pol w % 6 2 Quercus pol w % 24 3 Rumex pol w % + 1 Salix pol w % 1 1 Tilia pol w % 3 1 Ulmus pol w % 4 1 Umbelliferae pol w % + 1

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