Collinson, C. A. (2018). Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Houghton and Wyton, Cambridgeshire, 2005-2008. University of Cambridge: Access Cambridge Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1055516. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological Test Pit Excavations in Houghton and Wyton, Cambridgeshire, 2005-2008
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Abstract:		 A total of 36 1m2 archaeological test pits were excavated in the conjoined parish of Houghton and Wyton on the northern banks of the River Great Ouse in north Cambridgeshire between 2005 and 2008. The test pits were excavated as part of the University of Cambridge's Higher Education Field Academy (HEFA) programme devised and run by Access Cambridge Archaeology out of the Department of Archaeology, which enabled Year 9 and Year 10 local school children the chance to learn new skills over two days of digging, the third day of the project is spend within the University to raise education aspirations about applying to university. The test pitting in Houghton and Wyton has revealed a range of activity dating from the later prehistoric period through to the modern day, both supporting what has already been found through the parish as well as providing new evidence. It also showed that earlier phases of occupation in the settlements are still present under the modern villages; the nature of the test pits allows excavation in otherwise inaccessible places for the normal methods of commercial archaeological investigation. The few lithics that were found suggest scattered activity during the Neolithic and Bronze Age through the landscape, with potential Iron Age occupation noted alongside the river by the 1st century BC. Low status rural Romano-British settlement was also evident through the parish with then the development of the village of Houghton first by about the 6th century AD, that was followed a century or so later at Wyton. The villages thrived into the medieval period, but were likely also hit by both social and economic changes into the later medieval, including also the Black Death, after which the village remained small until 20th century post-war development.
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Author:		 C A Collinson
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Publisher:		 Access Cambridge Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2018
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Site: Houghton and Wyton
County: Cambridgeshire
District: Huntingdonshire
Parish: HOUGHTON AND WYTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 528100, 227100 (Easting, Northing)
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EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) WORKED FLINT (Find)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) CESS PIT (Monument Type England)
POST MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FLOOR (Monument Type England)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) PATH (BRICK) (Monus)
20TH CENTURY (Historic England Periods) PIPE (Monus)
TEST PIT (Event)
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OASIS Id: accessca1-335447
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Note:		 A4, 114 pages, double sided
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Created Date:		 16 Aug 2019