Aleksander, W. and Wood, F. (2022). Southam Road Banbury, Oxfordshire, Archaeological Evaluation. Wessex Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1116321. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Southam Road Banbury, Oxfordshire, Archaeological Evaluation
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Series:		 Wessex Archaeology unpublished report series
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Abstract:		 Wessex Archaeology was commissioned by Sanctuary Group to undertake archaeological mitigation works comprising the excavation of 0.35 ha west of Southam Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire, OX16 2SB (centred on NGR 445450 242940). The work was carried out as a condition of planning permission, granted by Cherwell District Council (ref. 18/00273/OUT), for residential development on a site of approximately 6 ha. The excavation was undertaken in accordance with a written scheme of investigation (WSI), which detailed the aims, methodologies and standards to be employed for the fieldwork and post-excavation work (Wessex Archaeology 2022b). The WSI was approved by Oxfordshire County Archaeological Services (OCAS), on behalf of the Local Planning Authority (LPA), prior to the fieldwork. The excavation was undertaken between 23 August and 16 September 2022. A prior evaluation centred on NGR 445264 243046, undertaken at the present development site on 14th to 24th March 2022, comprised the excavation of 19 trial trenches, each measuring 30 m x 2 m (Wessex Archaeology 2022a, Unpublished report ref. 225061.3). Please see the relevant report for further methodological detail. Archaeological features were observed in three of the evaluation trenches including a Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pit, a posthole, and a gully for water management across the field. The excavation was targeted on the location of a suspected Late Neolithic/Early Bronze Age pit that was partially exposed and investigated during trial trenching in March 2022. This feature was fully revealed and investigated during the excavation, revealing a substantial, sub-rectangular hollow containing Beaker pottery and worked flint, small amounts of fired clay and animal bone, as well as charcoal, charred cereal grain and the remains of various wild plant species. The feature is provisionally interpreted as the remains of a very rare, possibly unique (in Britain) Beaker domestic structure. No other archaeologically significant features or deposits were encountered.
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Author:		 Weronika Aleksander
Finlay Wood
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Publisher:		 Wessex Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Oxfordshire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2022
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Country: England
County: Oxfordshire
District: Cherwell
Parish: Banbury
Grid Reference: 445449, 242939 (Easting, Northing)
Grid Reference: 445263, 243045 (Easting, Northing)
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LATE NEOLITHIC CORE (Tag)
MICROLITH (Object England)
DEBITAGE (Object England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
EARLY NEOLITHIC FLAKE (Tag)
EARLY NEOLITHIC LEAF ARROWHEAD (Tag)
MESOLITHIC MICROLITH (Tag)
THUMB NAIL SCRAPER (Object England)
SCRAPER (TOOL) (Object England)
MEDIEVAL SHERD (Tag)
EARLY BRONZE AGE PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Tag)
BLADE (Object England)
CORE (Object England)
POST HOLE (Monument Type England)
ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE BASE SHERD (Tag)
EARLY BRONZE AGE THUMB NAIL SCRAPER (Tag)
LATE NEOLITHIC RIM SHERD (Tag)
EARLY PREHISTORIC BURNT FLINT (Tag)
FLAKE (Object England)
EARLY PREHISTORIC RETOUCHED FLAKE (Tag)
BURNT FLINT (Object England)
LATE NEOLITHIC HOLLOW (Tag)
UNCERTAIN ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag)
RETOUCHED FLAKE (Object England)
MEDIEVAL BODY SHERD (Tag)
MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW (Tag)
EARLY PREHISTORIC FLAKE (Tag)
POST EXCAVATION ASSESSMENT (Event)
EARLY PREHISTORIC SCRAPER (TOOL) (Tag)
ROMAN SHERD (Tag)
PIT (Monument Type England)
LATE NEOLITHIC PIT (Tag)
HOLLOW (Monument Type England)
BODY SHERD (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE RIM SHERD (Tag)
BASE SHERD (Object England)
RIM SHERD (Object England)
RIDGE AND FURROW (Monument Type England)
MESOLITHIC CORE (Tag)
EVALUATION (Event)
EARLY NEOLITHIC BLADE (Tag)
PLANO CONVEX KNIFE (Object England)
LEAF ARROWHEAD (Object England)
UNCERTAIN POST HOLE (Tag)
SHERD (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE BODY SHERD (Tag)
EARLY PREHISTORIC DEBITAGE (Tag)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods)
MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods)
UNCERTAIN (Historic England Periods)
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OASIS Id: wessexar1-515389
Report id: Ref: 225061.3
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Created Date:		 18 Dec 2023