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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 108416

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Context Information

Context number	108416
Parent context number	108413
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	413 (Cremation Burial)
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

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Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Unassigned	4	0g

Human Remains

Cremation

Sample number	Weight of sample	Type of cremation	Minimum number of individuals	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
10334	1.4g	Pit Fill	1	Undetermined	Undetermined	view ANALYSIS MH 06/08/2020 [108416] FILL OF PIT [108413] (SEE ALSO FILL [108414] SAMPLE <10334> SMALL QUANTITY (3 FRAGS) OF UNDIAGNOSTIC BURNT BONE RESIDUE TOTAL WEIGHT >2MM 112.8G (SMALL STONES, PEA GRIT, OCCASIONAL CHARCOAL FLAKES AND BURNT BONE C.10%)

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample 0
Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.02g
Number of bones large mammals	3

Sample 10334
Sample number	10334
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.005g
Number of bones medium mammals	8
Summary notes	BATCH 16; UNID LBF

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
10334	10	0	Dry	10		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 10334 (4 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Comments: CHARCOAL TO 9MM, M Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Abundant Diversity: Low Comments: CHARCOAL OAK ABRADED AND UNABRADED- UP TO 10MM Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: MOLSC TR Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: OCCASIONAL CECILIODES

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 10334)
Sample number	10334
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred wood	50+
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	CREMATION REMAINS FROM FEATURE [108413] VERT SIMILAR TO 108414

Wet sieving (sample 10334)
Sample number	10334
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	CREMATION REMAINS FROM FEATURE [108413] VERT SIMILAR TO 108414