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A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works

MOLA Headland Infrastructure, 2020. (updated 2025) https://doi.org/10.5284/1081262.

Context 102104

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Context Information

Context number	102104
Parent context number	102103
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	720 (Cremation Burial)
Land use interpretation	Cemetery (C102)
Settlement ?	Brampton West 102
General Period of Feature	Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Brampton West (TEA10)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Brampton West Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081252

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 102104
Filename	A14-TEA10-CN102104.pdf (592 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (103000-103749)		PDF	Download

Human Remains

Cremation

Sample number	Weight of sample	Type of cremation	Minimum number of individuals	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
10117	660.3g	Pit Fill	1	Adult	Undetermined	view ANALYSIS DW 03/09/2020. WRONG NUMBER (102140) WRITTEN ON OUTER BAG (NOW CORRECTED). SHOULD BE 102104 (INNER BAGS CORRECT). FILL [102104] FROM SUB-CIRCULAR PIT CONTAINING BURNT BONE FRAGMENTS FROM SKULL, TORSO, UPPER & LOWER LIMBS. FRAGMENTATION: LONG BONE U-SHAPED FISSURING, TRANSVERSE & LONGITUDINAL CRACKING. RESIDUE (1449.1G) <1MM 65.1G, >1MM 458.1G, >2MM 931.1G, COMPRISING CHARCOAL & COARSE SAND.
10291	432g	Pit Fill	1	Adult	Undetermined	view ANALYSIS DW 03/09/2020. FILL [102104] FROM SUB-CIRCULAR PIT CONTAINING BURNT BONE FRAGMENTS FROM SKULL, TORSO, UPPER & LOWER LIMBS. FRAGMENTATION: TRANSVERSE & LONGITUDINAL CRACKING. RESIDUE (686.6G) <1MM 20.1G, >1MM 194.1G, >2MM 472.4G, COMPRISING FINE PEBBLES (SUB ANGULAR, WELL SORTED) & CHARCOAL.

Cremation Pathology

Sample number	Pathology code	Disease	Pathology	Comments
10291	1010	Blood Disorders	Porotic hyperostosis	view CRANIAL VAULT FRAG. POROTIC HYP. HEALED.

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample number	10117
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.001g
Number of amphibian bones	3
Summary notes	UNID

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Frog Or Toad	1	Vertebra (1 Fragment)	view More Information on Frog Or Toad Bones in Context 102104 Bone number 4033 Unique number assigned to bone: 4033 Type of species: FROG OR TOAD Type of bone: VERTEBRA part of bone present: FRAGMENT Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 2 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 0 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): B Sieve size used to recover the bone: 1

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
10117	40	0	Dry	40		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 10117 (4 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE HUMAN Abundance: Abundant Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Abundant Comments: CHARCOAL TO 13MM, OAK Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD NUTSHELL Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Comments: CHARCOAL TO 10 MM, M
10291	20	0	Dry	20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 10291 (3 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Abundant Comments: CHARCOAL TO 16MM, OAK Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Abundant Comments: CHARCOAL TO 14MM Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE HUMAN Abundance: Abundant

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 10117)
Sample number	10117
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	40
Abundance of charred wood	50+
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	BULK UPLOAD FORM ALL_SAMPLES spreadsheet FILL OF CREMATION PIT

Wet sieving (sample 10117)
Sample number	10117
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	40
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	BULK UPLOAD FORM ALL_SAMPLES spreadsheet FILL OF CREMATION PIT

Flotation (sample 10291)
Sample number	10291
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	50+
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	EXCESS FROM SAMPLE 10117

Wet sieving (sample 10291)
Sample number	10291
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	50+
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	EXCESS FROM SAMPLE 10117