Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:32:27 +0000
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[log in to unmask]Charlotte
There are three records in the 'ABCD', though the first being the rather dubious one you mention from Roman Newstead.
The other two are
Fagopyrum sp. from medieval Moor House, London (Branch N, Vaughan-Williams A, Silva B, Green C and Williams A. 2006. Environmental analysis. 138-42 and Appendix 2, pp. 155-7. In:Butler J. 2006. Reclaiming the marsh. Archaeological excavations at Moor House, City of London 1998-2004. Pre-Construct Archaeol. Ltd Monogr. 6.)
and
Fagopyrum esculentum from the Mary Rose ship (Smith W and Green F J [with Tomlinson P and Dodd P]. 2005. Food, packing and plants on board: the archaeobotanical evidence. 588-602 and Appendix 3, pp. 677-95. In: Gardiner J [with Allen M] (ed.) 2005. Before the mast: life and death aboard the Mary Rose.Gardiner J [with Allen M] (ed.) 2005. Before the mast: life and death aboard the Mary Rose.)
The Shrewsbury record is clearly somewhere in the vast pile of reports not yet added to the ABCD!
Allan
On 13 December 2011 09:32, O'BRIEN C.E.
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Hello
I have found a few charred nutlets of Fagopyrum esculentum (buckwheat) in the fill of a corn-drier from Powys. Radiocarbon dating of a charred rye grain from the same fill gave a cal date range of AD1450-1640.
I know about the probable 18th century Shrewsbury macrofossil find, and the uncertain identification from Roman Newstead, but I haven’t found many other examples of archaeological finds of buckwheat in Britain so far. Can anyone tell me of finds they have had or know of. I am particularly interested to hear where macrofossils have turned up, but pollen records would also be useful.
Many thanks
Charlotte
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