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 283234

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Context Information

Context number 283234
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 283234
Filename A14-TEA28-CN283234.pdf (328 kB) Text
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PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (283020-283333)

Human Remains

Inhumations
Preservation Age group Sex estimate Inhumation details
Good IU-neonate (Perinatal (=36 weeks preterm to 4 weeks post partrum) view

Inhumation details for object 54795


Sub sampled: 1
Comments: ANALYSIS MH 13/07/20 CROUCHED POSITION LYING ON RIGHT SIDE, RECOVERED DURING CLEANING OF SURFACE. SKULL HEAVILY FRAGMENTED, MISSING TEETH, LEFT LOWER LEG, PELVIS. SAMPLE 2845. C14 SAMPLE. SAMPLED FOR ADNA 28/10/10
Pathology comments: NONE

Inhumation pathology
Pathology code Disease Pathology Comments Pathology location(s) ?
1001 Blood Disorders Cribra orbitalia left
1002 Blood Disorders Cribra orbitalia right

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample materialBONE
Material typeHUMAN BONE
Context descriptionINHUMATION BURIAL. FILL OF 283121.
General commentsSample Reference: A14-283234
Laboratory nameSUERC
Laboratory sample code97742 (GU57429)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age1983
Conventional radiocarbon age error range25
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)-19.1
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)13.3
Primary early calibrated date range19
Primary late calibrated date range227
Primary calibrated date range confidence95.4%

Context Photographs