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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 285607

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Context Information

Context number	285607
Parent context number	285606
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	538 (Cremation Burial)
Settlement ?	Fenstanton Gravels 4
General Period of Feature	Middle-Late Iron Age
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 285607
Filename	A14-TEA28-CN285607.pdf (349 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (285400-285724)		PDF	Download

Human Remains

Cremation

Sample number	Weight of sample	Type of cremation	Minimum number of individuals	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
28654	453.3g	Pit Fill	1	Adult	Undetermined	view SUERC-85558 (GU50643) - 352-95 CAL BC (DATE (95.4%)), 5 ADDITIONAL BAGS OF RESIDUE MAINLY STONES HAVE A COLLECTIVE WEIGHT OF 504G. IDENTIFYABLE CRANIAL FRAGMENTS AND LONG BONE FRAGMENTS ANALYSIS MH TRANSVERSE AND SPIRAL CRACKS, CRESCENT SHAPES, WARPING FILL [285607] FROM PIT [285606], SAMPLE <28654> CRANIAL VAULT FRAGS: ECTOCRANIAL SURFACE WHITE OFF WHITE, ENDO CRANIAL SURFACE DARK BLUE GREY, RESIDUE TOTAL WEIGHT504.7G >10MM 101.9G (COURSE STONES/ PEBBLES, WELL SORTED, SUBANGULAR) >5MM 111.8G, (COURSE STONES/ PEBBLES, WELL SORTED, SUBANGULAR), >2MM 174.1G, (FINE STONES/ PEBBLES, PEAGRIT, MODERATELY SORTED, SUB ANGULAR BONE FRAGS 5%), >1MM 106.9G (FINE STONES/ PEBBLES, PEAGRIT, MODERATELY SORTED, SUB ANGULAR, BONE FLAKES 5%, CHARCOAL FLAKES 5%), <1MM 10.0G (SILT DUST, CHARCOAL DUST/ BONE 20%)

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
28654	10	0	Dry	10		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 28654 (3 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Comments: NO ID'BLE CHARCOAL FRAGS Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE HUMAN Abundance: Abundant Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: WLG SEEDS Abundance: Occasional Comments: OCC UNCHARRED SEEDS (POLYGONACEAE)

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 28654)
Sample number	28654
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Abundance of water-logged seeds	1-10
Diversity of water-logged seeds	0
Comments	FILL OF CREMATION ROOTS

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	HUMAN BONE,
Context description	(?)POSSIBLE RB CREMATION(?)
General comments	Sample ID 28654
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	85558 (GU50643)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2145
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	24
Primary early calibrated date range	-352
Primary late calibrated date range	-395
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%