Appendix 5 Pollen

Authors

  • Timothy Mighall Author

Keywords:

Pollen, Cereal, Human Waste, Ditch

Abstract

Pollen preserved in the ditch suggests that the landscape was open and dominated by grasslands. Evidence for woodland is limited. The deposit was relatively rich in cereal type pollen and there is evidence to suggest that the ditch may also have been used to discard human waste.

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Published

01-01-2011

Issue

Vol. 42 (2010): Through the Cowgate: life in 15th-century Edinburgh as revealed by excavations at St Patrick's Church

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How to Cite

“Appendix 5 Pollen”. 2011. Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports 42 (January): 127-36. https://journals.socantscot.org/index.php/sair/article/view/2738.