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 102179

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Context Information

Context number 102179
Parent context number 102180
Child context number(s) None
Group number 385 (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 102179
Filename A14-TEA10-CN102179.pdf (92 kB) Text
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PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Brampton West Context Sheets (103000-103749)

Flint

Type Total Weight Comments
Unassigned 6 0g
Spalls 1 0g
Burnt Unworked Flint 4 1g

Human Remains

Cremation
Sample number Weight of sample Type of cremation Minimum number of individuals Age group Sex estimate Comments
10118 23g Unk 1 Undetermined Undetermined view

ANALYSIS DW 02/09/2020. FILL [102179] CONTAINING SMALL UNDIAGNOSTIC BURNT BONE FRAGMENTS FROM CRANIAL VAULT AND UPPER LIMBS. U-SHAPED FISSURING. RESIDUE (942.3G) >5MM 942.1G, COMPRISING FINE PEBBLES (SUB ANGULAR, WELL SORTED).

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Environmental Data

Processed samples
Sample number Volume proccessed (L) Volume wet-sieved (L) Type of flotation Volume of flotted material (L) Comments Assessment results
10118 20 0 Dry 20 view

Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 10118 (2 records)


Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving
Environmental material identified: BONE HUMAN
Abundance: Abundant


Sieving/flotation process: Flotation
Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD
Abundance: Moderate
Diversity: Low
Comments: CHARCOAL HEAVILY FRAGMENTED FLECKS

Botany Data
Flotation (sample 10118)
Sample number 10118
ProcessFlotation
Volume processed (L)20
Volume flotted (L)20
Abundance of charred wood11-50
Diversity of charred wood1-3 taxa
CommentsCREMATION

Context Photographs