Table 6.11. Species composition of Old Kingdom plant remains from Kom el-Hisn. The far right column contains percentages of each taxon not including the 7192 unidentified specimens.
Type/Common name | Genus/Species | With Unidentified specimens | % not including Unidentified specimens | |
N | % | |||
Cereal grain | 348 | 3.25% | 9.80% | |
Barley | H. sativum | 99 | 0.92% | 2.79% |
Emmer wheat | T. dicoccum | 31 | 0.29% | 0.87% |
NA | Unknown grain | 218 | 2.03% | 6.14% |
Chaff | 616 | 5.75% | 17.35% | |
Barley straw | H. sativum straw | 15 | 0.14% | 0.42% |
Emmer straw | T. dicoccum straw | 601 | 5.61% | 16.92% |
Field weeds | 1254 | 11.70% | 35.31% | |
Canary grass | Phalaris sp. | 696 | 6.49% | 19.60% |
Darnel | Lolium temulentum | 558 | 5.21% | 15.71% |
Reeds and sedges | 181 | 1.69% | 5.10% | |
Nutgrass | Cyperus sp. | 10 | 0.09% | 0.28% |
Bulrush | Scirpus sp. | 36 | 0.34% | 1.01% |
Sedges | Cyperaceae sp. | 135 | 1.26% | 3.80% |
Fodder | 753 | 7.02% | 21.21% | |
Clover | Trifolium sp. | 425 | 3.96% | 11.97% |
Mustard family | Brassicaceae sp. | 120 | 1.12% | 3.38% |
Dock | Rumex sp. | 158 | 1.47% | 4.45% |
Vetch | Vicia sp. | 49 | 0.46% | 1.38% |
Medick | Medicago sp. | 1 | 0.01% | 0.03% |
Other/Unknown | 7567 | 70.59% | 12.73% | |
Grass family | Graminae sp. | 436 | 4.07% | 12.28% |
Goosefoot | Chenopodium sp. | 5 | 0.05% | 0.14% |
NA | Unid. Seeds/frag. | 7126 | 66.48% | NA |
Total | 10719 | 100.00% | 101.49% |