Site Event/Activity record ECC1868 - Environmental sampling at Culver Street, Colchester, 1981
Location
| Location | Culver Street, Colchester |
|---|---|
| Grid reference | TL 99486 25085 (point) |
| Map sheet | TL92NE |
| Non Parish Area | COLCHESTER, COLCHESTER, ESSEX |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Murphy, Peter (Mr)
Date
1981
Description
During the Culver Street excavation 1981-1982 & 1984-5 various environmental sampling was undertaken, a wide variety of macro and micro fossils survived: foraminiferans, land and marine mollusc shells, barnacles, crabs, mineralised arthropods, bones of fish, amphibians, birds and mammals, avian eggshell, faecal concretions and coprolites containing parasite eggs and phytoliths, and carbonised and mineralised plant macrofossils comprising cereals, fruit stones, nutshells, seeds, wood and charcoal. A full report was published in CAR 6. <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SCC101 Monograph: Crummy, Philip. 1992. CAR 6: Excavations at Culver Street, the Gilberd School, and other sites in Colchester 1971-85. 6. pp.273-275, 284, 703-708.
Related Monuments/Buildings (3)
- MCC753 Roman Barrack Block (CAT Building 77) of the Legionary Fortress, Culver Street, Colchester (Monument)
- MCC754 Roman Barrack Block (CAT Building 78) of the Legionary Fortress , Culver Street, Colchester (Monument)
- MCC755 Roman Barrack Block (CAT Building 79) of the Legionary Fortress, Culver Street, Colchester (Monument)
Record last edited
Feb 9 2016 1:08PM