| Title: |
Neolithic Activity Near Blaby's Drove, Sutton: An Archaeological Evaluation |
| Number of Pages: |
38 |
| Biblio Note |
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| Publication Type: |
Report
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| Abstract: |
The archaeological evaluation consisted of a fieldwalking survey, small trial excavation and air photo assessment. The development area lay in an area of known prehistoric activity, with a series of Bronze Age barrows in the vicinity and an important Neolithic flint scatter site just to the south, all discovered by the Fenland Survey Project. During the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age the gravel terraces on which these sites lay were dry but subsequent peat growth prevented further development of the landscape before the drainage programmes of the 17th century AD. Fieldwalking and trial trenching revealed a low density of worked flint of earlier Neolithic type across the area. A concentration around the trench closest to the known lithic site may have marked the periphery of that occupation but in general the finds were seen as an 'off-site' scatter which related to prehistoric exploitation of the landscape.Two trenches contained possible shallow pits and post holes. Tree-fall features, which occasionally served as artefact traps, were also found and were relevant to understanding the nature of the off-site activity. in addition, the trenches revealed recent agricultural features such as field boundaries and 'claying' pits. [Au] |
| Author: |
J Last
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| Year of Publication: |
No Date
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| Locations: |
| Location - Auto Detected: |
Fenland Survey |
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| Subjects / Periods: |
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| Note: |
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: BLABY'S DROVE, SUTTON
Study area: 18.8ha
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: East Cambridgeshire
Monument: [finds]. Bronze Age, [finds]. Early Neolithic, PIT. Undated
Ngr: TL40408150
Parish: Sutton
Postcode: CB6 2BQ
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| Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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| Created Date: |
19 Jan 2009 |
