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Summary Four samples of sediment from trial trenches at a site near Welton Road, Brough, were sub... more Summary Four samples of sediment from trial trenches at a site near Welton Road, Brough, were submitted for bioarchaeological analysis. None of the samples yielded more than a very small amount of fossil material, which was of no interpretative value. Should further excavation take place, however, it is recommended that a close watch is kept for any sediments with potential for good preservation of biological remains.
york.ac.uk
... Four trenches were excavated and sampled for the present micromorphological study (Figure 1),... more ... Four trenches were excavated and sampled for the present micromorphological study (Figure 1), They included three profiles (L, T and D) through the parade ground deposit, south of Hadrian's Wall, Profile N through the counterscarp bank, and Profile К through and near the ...
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1989
Extraction, isolation and evaluation of anti-toxic principles from Moringa oleifera (MOF6) and My... more Extraction, isolation and evaluation of anti-toxic principles from Moringa oleifera (MOF6) and Myristica fragrans (Trimyristin) upregulated Acetylcholinesterase concentrations in Sodium arsenite-induced neurotoxicity in rats.
Medieval Archaeology, 1993
Reports from the, 1995
The bioarchaeological potential of a large number of samples from 1st Millennium deposits excavat... more The bioarchaeological potential of a large number of samples from 1st Millennium deposits excavated from a series of five trenches in Wellington Row, York, has been assessed by means of examination of plant and animal remains from selected samples of raw sediment and sieved residues, ...
The concentration and quality of preservation of plant and invertebrate remains was very variable... more The concentration and quality of preservation of plant and invertebrate remains was very variable through the samples examined, but several groups of deposits gave interpretatively useful assemblages. In particular, some samples from an early ‘turf bank’ and others from mid/late 2nd Century Roman occupation deposits evidently containing highly organic material similar to stable manure, are likely to be valuable in understanding aspects of the local environment and human activity at this site. Another group of samples (of 3rd/4th Century date) contained few biological remains other than peat. For samples from these three groups of deposits, further analysis is worthwhile, in some cases by means of larger subsamples. Samples from a few other deposits showed some bioarchaeological potential but the concentrations of remains were low. For these and some other groups of samples (especially those from the phases of late Roman abandonment and re-use in Trench 7), a low-cost review is recom...
Summary A series of samples of sediment, together with hand-collected bone, shell and charcoal, f... more Summary A series of samples of sediment, together with hand-collected bone, shell and charcoal, from excavations at Mount Grace Priory undertaken between 1989 and 1992, have been examined. The sediment samples have been investigated by means of two series of subsamples. Firstly a small number of ‘testwere taken, most of which were found to be barren of plant and invertebrate remains apart from occasional land snails (and in one case a modest assemblage). A much larger group of samples were ‘bulk-sieved’ to 1 mm and these have provided substantial assemblages of fish bone and some other bone and shell. A small assemblage of hand-collected bones consisted mainly of common domesticated mammals and birds. There were also remains of seal, and some human bones. In view of its small size, and the bias inherent in the recovery method, this assemblage is of limited interpretative value. The most important material for further work is the corpus of fish bone (mainly from marine species explo...
Summary The potential for further analysis of biological remains from a sediment sample from a ?R... more Summary The potential for further analysis of biological remains from a sediment sample from a ?Roman deposit excavated at Clifton Moorgate, York is considered. Further examination of charcoal recovered from the deposit may yield a little additional information on the use of wood for fuel. The sample was barren of other biological remains.
Summary Marine erosion of dunes at Low Hauxley, Northumberland, has revealed an extensive humic h... more Summary Marine erosion of dunes at Low Hauxley, Northumberland, has revealed an extensive humic horizon interpreted as a buried soil. This passes laterally into waterlain peats and muds in places and is associated with Bronze Age, and tentatively identified Mesolithic, human activity, Fifteen of the forty General Biological Analysis (GBA) samples submitted to the EAU, representing different areas of the site, have been analysed for invertebrates. A substantial proportion contained appreciable numbers of insect and other invertebrate remains, sufficiently well-preserved for identification. From the assemblages as a whole, the fauna consisted of a mixture of aquatic and terrestrial species. The former will provide a definition of the nature of the depositional basin, with a guide to water quality. The terrestrial species, if recovered in sufficiently large numbers, will allow reconstruction of vegetation and land-use (if any) of nearby 'dry land'. The molluscs from spot sample...
Summary Six assemblages of molluscs mostly from ditch features from an Iron Age and Romano-Britis... more Summary Six assemblages of molluscs mostly from ditch features from an Iron Age and Romano-British ‘ladder’ settlement at Melton, North Humberside, have been investigated. The moderate to large assemblages of well-preserved remains were dominated by dry and damp grassland taxa, with little clear evidence for tree or scrub cover. A semi-quantitative record of assemblages from contexts investigated at the evaluation stage of the project is presented in the Appendix.
Nine sediment samples and twelve boxes of animal bones were submitted for assessment of their pot... more Nine sediment samples and twelve boxes of animal bones were submitted for assessment of their potential for bioarchaeological analysis. Small numbers of invertebrate remains of limited interpretative value were recovered. The plant remains present were of no interpretative value. The deposits submitted as '?cess' may contain low concentrations of parasitic nematode eggs. A modest assemblage of animal bone from deposits of 17th to 19th century date of some interpretative value. It is recommended that a limited amount of further work be carried out on this material both for site interpretation and for broader synthesis.
Summary Residues and washovers from a series of bulk-sieved samples of deposits associated with t... more Summary Residues and washovers from a series of bulk-sieved samples of deposits associated with the medieval moat at Hall Garth, Beverley have been examined for their content of biological remains. They include some rich assemblages of freshwater and land molluscs and it is considered that they will, together with the more restricted plant macrofossil remains, prove valuable in understanding the local and environment and something of the course of deposition into the moat in the medieval and post-medieval periods. A small amount of handcollected mollusc shell is also thought worthy of more detailed recording. The small but well-preserved assemblage of vertebrate remains includes some interesting groups, particularly the rather large numbers of horse bones, whilst a group of sheep metapodials probably originating in waste from hide preparation offers very useful material for comparison with assemblages from other sites in the region.
Summary Plant and invertebrate remains from a series of late- to early post-medieval deposits fro... more Summary Plant and invertebrate remains from a series of late- to early post-medieval deposits from Cartergate, Grimsby, S. Humberside, have been examined, together with a small assemblage of hand-collected molluscs and bone, to evaluate their bioarchaeological potential. Some of the sediment samples proved to contain well preserved plant and invertebrate macrofossils indicative of occupation deposits containing material from stock and also some food remains. They are of value and should be examined further, either through the samples in hand or through analysis of samples from subsequent excavations. The hand-collected shell and bone are not interpretatively useful and bone would only be of value if large-scale sieving of well-dated deposits was undertaken.
A series of organic deposits exposed in trial pits in the area immediately south of Brayford Pool... more A series of organic deposits exposed in trial pits in the area immediately south of Brayford Pool, close to the centre of the City of Lincoln, have been examined to evaluate their bioarchaeological potential. Plant and invertebrate remains were present in all the samples examined, but some of the deposits C essentially characterised as woody or herbaceous detritus peats C contained much richer assemblages than did the humic silts. The richest assemblages were located in the northern and central parts of the area under investigation. It is recommended that a more detailed study of these deposits is undertaken if any threat to the long-term survival of the organic layers is posed by development since they represent a valuable source of information about prehistoric environments close to the area where the city of Lincoln was established.
Summary Four samples of sediment from trial trenches at a site near Welton Road, Brough, were sub... more Summary Four samples of sediment from trial trenches at a site near Welton Road, Brough, were submitted for bioarchaeological analysis. None of the samples yielded more than a very small amount of fossil material, which was of no interpretative value. Should further excavation take place, however, it is recommended that a close watch is kept for any sediments with potential for good preservation of biological remains.
york.ac.uk
... Four trenches were excavated and sampled for the present micromorphological study (Figure 1),... more ... Four trenches were excavated and sampled for the present micromorphological study (Figure 1), They included three profiles (L, T and D) through the parade ground deposit, south of Hadrian's Wall, Profile N through the counterscarp bank, and Profile К through and near the ...
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1989
Extraction, isolation and evaluation of anti-toxic principles from Moringa oleifera (MOF6) and My... more Extraction, isolation and evaluation of anti-toxic principles from Moringa oleifera (MOF6) and Myristica fragrans (Trimyristin) upregulated Acetylcholinesterase concentrations in Sodium arsenite-induced neurotoxicity in rats.
Medieval Archaeology, 1993
Reports from the, 1995
The bioarchaeological potential of a large number of samples from 1st Millennium deposits excavat... more The bioarchaeological potential of a large number of samples from 1st Millennium deposits excavated from a series of five trenches in Wellington Row, York, has been assessed by means of examination of plant and animal remains from selected samples of raw sediment and sieved residues, ...
The concentration and quality of preservation of plant and invertebrate remains was very variable... more The concentration and quality of preservation of plant and invertebrate remains was very variable through the samples examined, but several groups of deposits gave interpretatively useful assemblages. In particular, some samples from an early ‘turf bank’ and others from mid/late 2nd Century Roman occupation deposits evidently containing highly organic material similar to stable manure, are likely to be valuable in understanding aspects of the local environment and human activity at this site. Another group of samples (of 3rd/4th Century date) contained few biological remains other than peat. For samples from these three groups of deposits, further analysis is worthwhile, in some cases by means of larger subsamples. Samples from a few other deposits showed some bioarchaeological potential but the concentrations of remains were low. For these and some other groups of samples (especially those from the phases of late Roman abandonment and re-use in Trench 7), a low-cost review is recom...
Summary A series of samples of sediment, together with hand-collected bone, shell and charcoal, f... more Summary A series of samples of sediment, together with hand-collected bone, shell and charcoal, from excavations at Mount Grace Priory undertaken between 1989 and 1992, have been examined. The sediment samples have been investigated by means of two series of subsamples. Firstly a small number of ‘testwere taken, most of which were found to be barren of plant and invertebrate remains apart from occasional land snails (and in one case a modest assemblage). A much larger group of samples were ‘bulk-sieved’ to 1 mm and these have provided substantial assemblages of fish bone and some other bone and shell. A small assemblage of hand-collected bones consisted mainly of common domesticated mammals and birds. There were also remains of seal, and some human bones. In view of its small size, and the bias inherent in the recovery method, this assemblage is of limited interpretative value. The most important material for further work is the corpus of fish bone (mainly from marine species explo...
Summary The potential for further analysis of biological remains from a sediment sample from a ?R... more Summary The potential for further analysis of biological remains from a sediment sample from a ?Roman deposit excavated at Clifton Moorgate, York is considered. Further examination of charcoal recovered from the deposit may yield a little additional information on the use of wood for fuel. The sample was barren of other biological remains.
Summary Marine erosion of dunes at Low Hauxley, Northumberland, has revealed an extensive humic h... more Summary Marine erosion of dunes at Low Hauxley, Northumberland, has revealed an extensive humic horizon interpreted as a buried soil. This passes laterally into waterlain peats and muds in places and is associated with Bronze Age, and tentatively identified Mesolithic, human activity, Fifteen of the forty General Biological Analysis (GBA) samples submitted to the EAU, representing different areas of the site, have been analysed for invertebrates. A substantial proportion contained appreciable numbers of insect and other invertebrate remains, sufficiently well-preserved for identification. From the assemblages as a whole, the fauna consisted of a mixture of aquatic and terrestrial species. The former will provide a definition of the nature of the depositional basin, with a guide to water quality. The terrestrial species, if recovered in sufficiently large numbers, will allow reconstruction of vegetation and land-use (if any) of nearby 'dry land'. The molluscs from spot sample...
Summary Six assemblages of molluscs mostly from ditch features from an Iron Age and Romano-Britis... more Summary Six assemblages of molluscs mostly from ditch features from an Iron Age and Romano-British ‘ladder’ settlement at Melton, North Humberside, have been investigated. The moderate to large assemblages of well-preserved remains were dominated by dry and damp grassland taxa, with little clear evidence for tree or scrub cover. A semi-quantitative record of assemblages from contexts investigated at the evaluation stage of the project is presented in the Appendix.
Nine sediment samples and twelve boxes of animal bones were submitted for assessment of their pot... more Nine sediment samples and twelve boxes of animal bones were submitted for assessment of their potential for bioarchaeological analysis. Small numbers of invertebrate remains of limited interpretative value were recovered. The plant remains present were of no interpretative value. The deposits submitted as '?cess' may contain low concentrations of parasitic nematode eggs. A modest assemblage of animal bone from deposits of 17th to 19th century date of some interpretative value. It is recommended that a limited amount of further work be carried out on this material both for site interpretation and for broader synthesis.
Summary Residues and washovers from a series of bulk-sieved samples of deposits associated with t... more Summary Residues and washovers from a series of bulk-sieved samples of deposits associated with the medieval moat at Hall Garth, Beverley have been examined for their content of biological remains. They include some rich assemblages of freshwater and land molluscs and it is considered that they will, together with the more restricted plant macrofossil remains, prove valuable in understanding the local and environment and something of the course of deposition into the moat in the medieval and post-medieval periods. A small amount of handcollected mollusc shell is also thought worthy of more detailed recording. The small but well-preserved assemblage of vertebrate remains includes some interesting groups, particularly the rather large numbers of horse bones, whilst a group of sheep metapodials probably originating in waste from hide preparation offers very useful material for comparison with assemblages from other sites in the region.
Summary Plant and invertebrate remains from a series of late- to early post-medieval deposits fro... more Summary Plant and invertebrate remains from a series of late- to early post-medieval deposits from Cartergate, Grimsby, S. Humberside, have been examined, together with a small assemblage of hand-collected molluscs and bone, to evaluate their bioarchaeological potential. Some of the sediment samples proved to contain well preserved plant and invertebrate macrofossils indicative of occupation deposits containing material from stock and also some food remains. They are of value and should be examined further, either through the samples in hand or through analysis of samples from subsequent excavations. The hand-collected shell and bone are not interpretatively useful and bone would only be of value if large-scale sieving of well-dated deposits was undertaken.
A series of organic deposits exposed in trial pits in the area immediately south of Brayford Pool... more A series of organic deposits exposed in trial pits in the area immediately south of Brayford Pool, close to the centre of the City of Lincoln, have been examined to evaluate their bioarchaeological potential. Plant and invertebrate remains were present in all the samples examined, but some of the deposits C essentially characterised as woody or herbaceous detritus peats C contained much richer assemblages than did the humic silts. The richest assemblages were located in the northern and central parts of the area under investigation. It is recommended that a more detailed study of these deposits is undertaken if any threat to the long-term survival of the organic layers is posed by development since they represent a valuable source of information about prehistoric environments close to the area where the city of Lincoln was established.