Murphy, P. L. (1991). Plant macrofossils from multi-period excavations at Slough House Farm and Chigborough Farm near Heybridge, Essex.

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Title:		 Plant macrofossils from multi-period excavations at Slough House Farm and Chigborough Farm near Heybridge, Essex
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Series:		 Research Department Reports Series
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Volume:		 6464/91
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Publication Type:		 Monograph (in Series)
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Abstract:		 During excavations at these sites on poorly-drained terrace gravels in 1988-9 large scale flotation produced carbonised plant material from dry features dating to all main periods between the Neolithic and medieval period and samples containing macrofossils preserved by waterlogging came from Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman and Saxon wells and `watering-holes'. The results are thought to indicate small-scale crop production and foraging in the Neolithic followed by a predominantly pastoral economy perhaps in a hedged landscape in the Bronze Age, though remains of cereals and flax were also recovered. Early-Middle Iron Age contexts produced only relatively sparse assemblages of sediments. Waterlogged macrofossil assemblages and markedly increased densities of carbonised cereals, together with the development of a ditched field system, imply arable intensification around the first century AD. This seems to have been based largely on spelt probably with some flax growing. Two Saxon wells seem, from their macrofossil assemblages, to have been related to the watering of stock, though again cereals and flax were present.
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Author:		 Peter L Murphy
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Year of Publication:		 1991
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Location - Auto Detected: Slough House Farm
Location - Auto Detected: Heybridge Essex During
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NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
First Century Ad (Auto Detected Temporal)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods)
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 1991
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URI: http://research.english-heritage.org.uk/report/?4283
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Created Date:		 21 Jan 2002