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• ADS Collection: 1352
• DOI:https://doi.org/10.5284/1030449
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Malmo Road, Hull (East Riding)

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Unpublished Sources

Tibbles, J. (1992) Trial Excavations at Malmo Road, Hull. Hull: Humber Field Archaeology https://doi.org/10.5284/1029252

Tibbles, J. (1991) An Archaeological Watching Brief at Worlds End, Malmo Road, Hull. Hull: Humber Field Archaeology https://doi.org/10.5284/1029253

Database ID	35040
Site Type (Major)	Rural settlement
Site Type (Minor)	farm
Region	North-East
County	East Riding
Summary	Two adjacent investigations - one a watching brief, the other trial trenches - located within a bend of the River Hull on its northern bank, revealed evidence of Romano-British settlement from features including numerous ditches, gullies, pits and postholes. The full extent of the settlement was not exposed due to the limited nature of the investigations, though the density of features certainly indicated the existence of an active site. No stone structures and very little ironwork was observed, though Romano-British roof tile and brick possibly indicated the presence of a more substantial building. Pottery from sites suggested occupation spanning the 2nd to 4thC AD. A special deposit of 4-5 semi-articulated sheep specimens was interpreted from a ditch.
Organisation	Humberside Archaeology Unit
Area of investigation (ha)	0.4
Easting	509044
Northing	432368
Start Date	100
End Date	400
Rural settlement form	unclassified
Number of circular buildings	0
Number of rectangular buildings	Not recorded
Paddocks	No evidence
Multi-room building	No evidence
Aisled building	No evidence
Masonry building	No evidence
Trackway/Road	No evidence
Structured deposits	Evidence

Burial data
Burials summary	No data
Disarticulated bone	Not present or no data
Animal bone	Not present or no data
Associated settlement	Not present or no data
Associated enclosure	Not present or no data
Grave goods	Not present or no data

Brooch data
Brooch summary	No data

Coins data
Coin summary	No data

Other finds data
Finds summary	The majority of the material can be classified as structural ironwork. Other finds included a snaffle bit, an iron ferrule, a hold-fast, 3 whetstones, a loomweight, an ard tip, a shale finger ring or bead, lead weight, a bucket strip, a spindlewhorl, vessel glass, a blown flute manufactured from a sheep tibia, CBM, daub, iron slag, and coal.
Finger rings	1
Equine/transport objects	1
Knives/tools	5
Agricultural tools	1
Recreation	1
Objects associated with weighing	1
Spinning (spindlewhorls)	1
Weaving (loomweights)	1
Vessel glass	2
Shale objects	1
Iron slag	Present
Hobnails	Not present or no data
Evidence for salt production	Not present or no data
Evidence for bone-working	Not present or no data
Evidence for metalworking	Not present or no data
Structural worked stone	Not present or no data
Painted plaster	Not present or no data
Window glass	Not present or no data
Tesselated floor/mosaic	Not present or no data
Tiled roof	Not present or no data
Briquetage	Not present or no data
Inscriptions	Not present or no data
Hypocaust	Not present or no data
Evidence for Christianity	Not present or no data

Pottery data
Pottery summary	The Romano-British component of the pottery assemblage was not fully quantified, though more than 2000 sherds may have been identified. The assemblage was predominantly 2nd-4thC AD. The majority of the pottery sherds were grey ware fabrics, some probably derive from the Holme on Spalding Moor kilns. Colour coated ware sherds were all from beakers. Bowls, beakers and jars were all present. Production centres such as Crambeck supplied a range of distinctive kitchen-wares including red painted bowls and mortaria (mixing-bowls).
Religious vessels	Not present or no data
Pottery wasters	Not present or no data
Graffito	Not present or no data
Amphora presence	Not present or no data
Mortarium presence	Present
Samian presence	Present

Plant data
Summary	No data

Zooarchaeological data
The data below is divided into an overarching record for the whole site and, if recorded, separate records for individual phases.
Summary	An abundance of well preserved animal bone was said to have been recovered from the watching brief site, though no quantification was given. These were predominantly bones of domestic mammals, whilst the lack of sieving probably precluded the recovery of fish and bird bones. 1480 animal bone specimens were recovered from the trial trench excavations however. Preservation of this assemblage was more variable, with a large proportion showing extensive evidence of gnawing. A horse and a cattle bone showed signs of butchery. 2 specimens of red deer were intimated to have been post-cranial, but this is not certain. Wild bird bones included two of mallard, goose and cormorant. A ditch deposit appeared to contain the semi-articulated remains of four to five Individuals (268 bones), all exclusively identified as sheep, and interpreted as a 'special deposit'. All biometric data are given in the report. Oyster shell was prevalent on both sites. The upper valves on several shells bore small knife marks, made when opening the shells. A small amount of mussel shell was also recovered.
Sheep/Goat NISP	79
Cattle NISP	56
Pig NISP	8
Sheep/Goat ABGs	4
Domestic fowl NISP	1
Wetland fowl (ducks, geese and waders) NISP	4
End date	400
Total bone fragments	1480
Fish	No
Egg shell	No
Assemblage sieved?	No
Red deer NISP (bone)	2
ABGs in NISP	No
Marine shell	Yes
Overall
Horse NISP	8
Start date	150

Faunal Ageing data
The data below is divided into an overarching record for the whole site and, if recorded, separate records for individual phases. Concordance with existing published ageing criteria is provided in the tables below Cattle Age category Grant stage Halstead stage Maltby stage Neonate 0-2 A 1 Juvenile 3-16 B-C 2-3 Subadult 17-37 D-E 4-5 Young adult 38-42 F 6 Adult >43 G 7 Elderly >43 H-I 7 Sheep/Goat Age category Grant stage Payne stage Payne stage Maltby stage Neonate 0-1 A 0-2 months 1 Juvenile 2-17 B-C 2-12 months 2-3 Immature 18-28 D 1-2 years 4 Subadult 28-39 E-F 2-4 years 5-6 Adult >40 G 4-6 years 7 Elderly >40 H-I 6-10 years 7 Pig Age category Grant stage Hambleton stage Maltby stage O'Connor stage Neonate 0-1 A 1 Juvenile 2-14 B-C 2-3 juvenile Immature 15-25 D-E 4-5 immature Subadult 26-35 F 6 subadult Adult 36-41 G 7 adult Elderly >42 H-I 8 elderly
Summary	Based upon epiphyseal fusion data, the majority of caprovids (43%) were killed as sub-adults, between one and three years of age. No young lambs were present and a small proportion (approximately 17%) had reached maturity. However the lack of systematic recovery, probably affects these results. Neonatal, juvenile and young adult cattle specimens were all present. Tooth wear data were given for cattle, sheep and pig but not as mandible wear data.
Evidence of neonatal (unknown) bones	No
Evidence of neonatal horse bones	No
Evidence of neonatal domestic fowl	No
End date	400
Evidence of neonatal sheep/goat bones	No
Phase - Overall
Evidence of neonatal cattle bones	Yes
Start date	150
Evidence of neonatal pig bones	No

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