A BURNED MEDIEVAL GRAIN DEPOSIT AND SOME CHARRED PLANT REMAINS FROM IRON AGE AND SAXON CONTEXTS AT THE PREBENDAL, AYLESBURY, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
Author(s): L C Moffett
A dump of charred material consisting of nearly four litres of grain and weeds was found in a Medieval back garden. Most of the cereal remains were grains and rachises of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum s.l.) but a small number of rivet/macaroni wheat (Triticum turgidum/durum) rachises were found as well as rye (Secale cereale), six-row barley (Hordeum vulgare) and oat (Avena sativa). Other crops included bean (Vicia faba var. minuta) and vetch (Vicia sativa ssp. sativa). Among the weeds the seeds of yellow vetchling (Lathyrus aphaca) are of interest as this plant has few archaeobotanical records in Britain and northern Europe. There was little material in the Iron Age contexts. Ths Saxon material consisted primarily of grains of a free-threshing wheat.
- Report Number:
- 25/1989
- Series:
- AML Reports (New Series)
- Pages:
- 13
- Keywords:
- Grain, Carbonised Plant Remains
