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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 310135

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Context Information

Context number	310135
Parent context number	310134
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	75 (Cremation Burial)
Land use interpretation	Enclosure (E2)
Settlement ?	Fenstanton Gravels 1
General Period of Feature	Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Fenstanton Gravels (TEA31)
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 310135
Filename	A14-TEA31-CN310135.pdf (311 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Fenstanton Gravels Context Sheets (310001-310324)		PDF	Download

Human Remains

Cremation

Sample number	Weight of sample	Type of cremation	Minimum number of individuals	Age group	Sex estimate	Comments
31006	108g	Pit Fill	1	Undetermined	Undetermined	view ANALYSIS MH 02/09/20202 TRANSVERSE CRACKING, WARPING, FILL [310135] SAMPLE <31006> IS THE FILL OF PIT [310134] CUT INTO EARLIER DITCH [31057]. SMALL QUANTITY OF CALCINED BONE INCLUDING IDENTIFIABLE FRAGMENTS OF CRANIAL VAULT, RIBS, VERTEBRAL NEURAL ARCHES, ILIUM, HUMERAL, RADIAL AND ULNA SHAFT AND METACARPAL SHAFT. UNIDENTIFIED JOINT SURFACE FRAGMENTS 5.4G. BROWN SOIL STAINING. RESIDUE TOTAL WEIGHT: 94.4G 2MM: 54.3G (FINE STONES/ PEBBLES, PEAGRIT, MODERATELY SORTED, SUB ANGULAR, BONE C. 30%), 1MM: 37.8G (FINE STONES/ PEBBLES, PEAGRIT, MODERATELY SORTED, SUB ANGULAR, BONE FLAKES 20%, <1MM 2.3G (SILT DUST, CHARCOAL DUST/ FLAKES, BONE C. 5%). 1.76G OF LONG BONE SAMPLED FOR C14 DATE (14/10/10) -157–51 CAL BC (DATE (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
31006	10	0	Dry	10		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 31006 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: ONLY VERY TINY PIECES Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE HUMAN Abundance: Abundant

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 31006)
Sample number	31006
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	10
Volume flotted (L)	10
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	CREMATION-CONTAINS BONE AND CHARCOAL

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	CHARRED BONE
Material type	CREMATED HUMAN BONE
Context description	UNDATED UNURNED CREMATION
General comments	SAMPLE ID: 31006
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	92291 (GU54160)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2033
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	30
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.2
Primary early calibrated date range	-157
Primary late calibrated date range	51
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%