Modern Coleoptera from Non-Cereal Thatch: A Poor Analogue for Roofing Material from the Archaeological Record

David Smith; J Letts; M Jones

Modern Coleoptera from Non-Cereal Thatch: A Poor Analogue for Roofing Material from the Archaeological Record

David Smith, J Letts, M Jones

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Abstract

Five Coleoptera faunas recovered from modern non-cereal roofing thatches (potato stem, bracken, water reed, heather and gorse) were analysed to determine whether phytophage taxa contained in the thatch would correspond to the material used. The absence of matching phytophage species suggests that these insects would have limited potential to allow the identification of these types of roofing material in the archaeological record.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	171-178
Number of pages	8
Journal	Environmental Archaeology
Volume	10
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2005

Keywords

COLEOPTERA,
ROOFING THATCH MATERIALS
MODERN PARALLELS
PALAEOENTOMOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION

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