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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 203288

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Context Information

Context number	203288
Parent context number	203287
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	246 (Cremation Burial)
Settlement ?	River Great Ouse 2
General Period of Feature	Early Roman
A14 Area	River Great Ouse (TEA20)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at River Great Ouse Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081255

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 203288
Filename	A14-TEA20-CN203288.pdf (85 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 River Great Ouse Context Sheets (203001-203999)		PDF	Download

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Burnt Unworked Flint	3	1g
Unassigned	4	0g

Human Remains

Cremation

Sample number	Weight of sample	Type of cremation	Minimum number of individuals	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
0	38g	Pit Fill	1	Adult	Undetermined	view ANALYSIS DW 25/09/20. FILL [203288] FROM PIT CONTAINING WELL CALCINED BONE FRAGMENTS INCLUDING DENTIFIABLE FRAGMENTS OF CRANIAL VAULT & ARM.. TRANSVERSE & LONGITUDINAL CRACKING & WARPING. CHARCOAL FRAGMENTS.
20364	154.9g	Pit Fill	1	Subadult		view ANALYSIS DW 25/09/20. FILL [203288] FROM PIT CONTAINING WELL CALCINED BONE INCLUDING IDENTIFIABLE FRAGMENTS OF CRANIAL VAULT & PETROUS TEMPORAL. TRANSVERSE & LONGITUDINAL CRACKING. SHRINKAGE. RESIDUE (678.2G) <1MM 6.2G, >1MM 80G, >2MM 420.5G, >5MM 100.0G, >10MM 71.5G COMPRISING FINE PEBBLES (SUB ANGULAR, WELL SORTED) & COARSE SAND, WITH OCCASIONAL SUB-ANGULAR & ROUNDED MEDIUM & COARSE PEBBLES.

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
20364	10	0		10		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 20364 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Abundant Comments: HEAVILY FRAGMENTED CHARCOAL UP TO 10MM OAK AND NON-OAK Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD MISC Abundance: Occasional Comments: C.F. PRUNUS SPINOSA 2 STONES. 2 INDET FRUIT STONES PRUNUS TYPE

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 20364)
Sample number	20364
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred wood	50+
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	CREMATION

Wet sieving (sample 20364)
Sample number	20364
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred miscellaneous	1-10
Diversity of charred miscellaneous	0
Comments	CREMATION

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	PLANT MACROFOSSIL
Material type	PRUNUS SPINOSA FRUITSTONE
Context description	FILL OF CREMATION BURIAL [203287]
General comments	Sample no 20364
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	98079 (GU57452)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	1832
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	28
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-27.1
Primary early calibrated date range	127
Primary late calibrated date range	317
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%
Secondary early calibrated date range	134
Secondary late calibrated date range	247
Secondary calibrated date range confidence	68.3%