Brannan, N. (2012). White Place Farm, Cookham, Berkshire - Post-excavation Assessment Report. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1038108. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 White Place Farm, Cookham, Berkshire - Post-excavation Assessment Report
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Trenac Estates Ltd to undertaken a programme of archaeological mitigation at White Place Farm, Cookham, Berkshire (NGR SU 90106 84472). Following on from a historic buildings assessment of seven structures and an initial evaluation comprising four trenches this report details the results of the excavation of two areas, two further evaluation trenches and an archaeological watching brief. At the western edge of the site, within Area 1, a previously identified grave (1085) is shown to be an isolated feature containing an adult male. No other graves were observed. Many of the features in this area were clearly modern and related to allotment and garden activity. At the eastern edge of the site in the vicinity of Area 2, residual Neolithic activity and Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age is indicated by a small number of finds. The main period of occupation of the Site appears to start in the Middle to Late Iron Age with continuity of occupation into the Romano-British period, again focused within Area 2. The results were consistent with a small scale rural settlement, or activity on the periphery of a larger scale settlement. The environmental evidence from both the excavation and evaluation is indicative of arable and field margin habitats and is consistent with general settlement waste. Unusually both the samples produced a mixture of emmer and spelt wheat in both the Middle Iron Age and Late Iron Age/Early Romano-British samples. This suggests that this community deliberately continued to grow emmer alongside the newly introduced spelt while other sites in the region changed their focus of production almost entirely to spelt.
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Author:		 N Brannan
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Berkshire Archaeology HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2012
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Site: White Place Farm Cookham
County: Berkshire
District: Windsor and Maidenhead
Parish: COOKHAM
Country: England
Grid Reference: 490106, 184472 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) COIN (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods) HUMAN REMAINS (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) DITCH (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) PIT (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-119729
OBIB: Report Ref: 56983.04
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Note:		 Standard soft cover A4 illustrated post-ex assessment report
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Created Date:		 01 Feb 2018