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 283122

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Context Information

Context number 283122
Parent context number 283121
Child context number(s) None
Group number 529 (Inhumation Burial)
General Period of Feature Early Roman
A14 Area Fenstanton Gravels (TEA28)
Associated digital archive MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Fenstanton Gravels Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081254

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 283122
Filename A14-TEA28-CN283122.pdf (339 kB) Text
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Human Remains

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary
Sample number 28454
State of preservation MODERATE
Weight 0.006g
Number of bones medium mammals50
Summary notes UNID

Environmental Data

Processed samples
Sample number Volume proccessed (L) Volume wet-sieved (L) Type of flotation Volume of flotted material (L) Comments Assessment results
28454 10 0 Dry 10 view

Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 28454 (2 records)


Sieving/flotation process: Flotation
Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN
Abundance: Abundant
Diversity: Low
Comments: TRISP


Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving
Environmental material identified: BONE L MAM
Abundance: Occasional

Botany Data
Flotation (sample 28454)
Sample number 28454
ProcessFlotation
Volume processed (L)10
Volume flotted (L)10
Abundance of charred grain50+
Diversity of charred grain1-3 taxa
CommentsFILL OF BURIAL PIT
Botany Analysis results
Sample number English plant species name Latin plant species name Plant part Amount Estimated/Real State of preservation Comments
28454 wheat Triticum spp. Seed 2 Real Charred
28454 wheat cf. Triticum sp. Seed 1 Real Charred
28454 indet. cereal Cerealia Seed 5 Estimated Charred ONLY LARGER FRAGMENTS COUNTED

Context Photographs