Back to Archives Search

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 161449

How to cite this record.

Context Information

Context number	161449
Parent context number	161450
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	73 (Cremation Burial)
Land use interpretation	Cemetery (C3)
General Period of Feature	Early Iron Age
A14 Area	West Of Ouse (TEA16)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at West of Ouse Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081256

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 161449
Filename	A14-TEA16-CN161449.pdf (403 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 West of Ouse Context Sheets (161250-161538)		PDF	Download

Human Remains

Cremation

Sample number	Weight of sample	Type of cremation	Minimum number of individuals	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
16213	18g	Pit Fill	1	Undetermined	Undetermined	view ANALYSIS DW 16/11/20. FILL [161449] CONTAINING BURNT BONE INCLUDING IDENTIFIABLE AND CONJOINING FRAGMENTS OF HUMERUS SHAFT. C14 DATE CAL -828 TO -787 (95.4%).

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
16213	10	0	Dry	10	view Comments: MAG RES RETAINED + NB- NOTHING RECORED DURING ASSESSMENT! Specialist comments:	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 16213 (1 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Comments: ADDED DURING ANALYSIS

Botany Data

Wet sieving (sample 16213)
Sample number	16213
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	POSSIBLE CREMATION MAG RES RETAINED + NB- NOTHING RECORED DURING ASSESSMENT!

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	CHARRED BONE
Material type	CREMATED HUMAN BONE
Context description	BA URNED CREMATION
General comments	SAMPLE ID: 16213
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	91544 (GU53817)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2623
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	24
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-23.5
Primary early calibrated date range	-828
Primary late calibrated date range	-787
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%