| Abstract: |
Area A produced extensive settlement remains provisionally dated to the Bronze Age, as well as some evidence of Iron Age activity. Also revealed was a prehistoric stream channel, with associated organic deposits, well-sealed beneath a thick layer of alluvium. In Area B, evidence of woodland clearance was uncovered, along with a series of pits and ditches. These have been tentatively dated to the Early Neolithic period. Specific activities were not conclusively identified. Two distinct periods of alluvial deposition were noted in both areas, with occasional flash floods which may have truncated many archaeological features. These remains have great potential for extending understanding of Neolithic land-use and its development in later prehistoric periods, as well as for the causes and dating of episodic alluviation. Appendices A-E (unpaginated) cover: `Assessment of macrofossil preservation (Area A, Trench B), by Peter Murphy; `Macrobotanical and other remains from Area A, Huntingdon Racecourse (STU HRC 93): an assessment' by V Gryer & P Murphy; `Macrobotanical and other remains from Area B, Huntingdon Racecourse (STU HRC 93): an assessment' by V Gryer & P Murphy'; `Huntingdon Racecourse, Brampton: the assessment of the buried landscape and soils' by C A I French; and a `Glossary of archaeological terms'. |
