Mulhall , N. and López-Dóriga, I. (2021). Assessment of Environmental Evidence from T23726 Outseats Farm, Alfreton, Derbyshire. Wessex Archaeology.

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Title:		 Assessment of Environmental Evidence from T23726 Outseats Farm, Alfreton, Derbyshire
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Number of Pages:		 3
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Abstract:		 Eighteen bulk samples were taken from a range of features of medieval chronology such as pits and ditches and were processed and assessed for the presence of environmental evidence. The purpose of this assessment is to determine the potential of the environmental remains preserved at the site to address project aims and to provide archaeobotanical data valuable for wider research frameworks. The flots were generally heavily bioturbated with high numbers of roots and modern seeds that may be indicative of stratigraphic movement and the possibility of contamination by later intrusive elements. Charred material comprised varying degrees of preservation and was present on only a few of the samples, with small to moderate assemblages of remains from taxa including naked wheat (Triticum cf. aestivum/turgidum) oats (Avena sp.), grass (Poaceae) seeds and false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius subsp. bulbosum) tubers, black mustard (Bras-sica cf. nigra), plantain (Plantago lanceolata) and sedges (Cyperaceae). The absence of lemma bases prevents the identification of the oats to the cultivated or wild variety, but the size of the grains suggests these were cultivated. Similarly, it is not possible to tell based on the morphology of the seed whether the black mustard seed was a crop itself or a crop weed.
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Author:		 Nicki Mulhall
Inés López-Dóriga ORCID icon
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Year of Publication:		 2021
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Created Date:		 03 Aug 2021