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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 323678

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Context Information

Context number	323678
Parent context number	323677
Child context number(s)	None
Settlement ?	Conington 1
General Period of Feature	Early-Middle Neolithic
A14 Area	Conington (TEA32)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Conington Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081253

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 323678
Filename	A14-TEA32-CN323678.pdf (102 kB)	PDF	Download
PDFs containing multiple context sheets are also available in the project archive: A14 Conington Context Sheets (323000-324299)		PDF	Download

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
37397	4PM-B	Sandy flint-tempered fabric, coarse (FLSAC-B)	Neolithic	view Vessel information for pot no. 37397 Vessel identification number: 64197 Number of fragments recovered: 28 Weight (in g): 81 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Publication reference number: 329.0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery abraided?: UNABRADED Pottery worthy of illustration?: Y Broad forming method, i.e. wheelmade or hand-built. Designed for use with Iron Age and Roman Pottery only: UNCERTAIN Count of sherds collected from sample: 0 Comments: BIRDBONE IMP EXT BODY AND INT RIM AND INCISED HERRINGBONE ON TOP OF T SHAPED RIM MORTLAKE SUBSTYLE PETERBORUGH WARE

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Flake+Flake Fragments	1	0g

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
32570	37	0	Dry	17	view Comments: HAMMERSCALE -FLAKE (OCCASIONAL) Specialist comments:	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 32570 (4 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD NUTSHELL Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Comments: CORAV Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD NUTSHELL Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low
32601	38	0	Dry	18		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 32601 (4 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD NUTSHELL Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Comments: CORAV Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD NUTSHELL Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low
32602	38	0	Dry	18		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 32602 (5 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD NUTSHELL Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: TRI Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD NUTSHELL Abundance: Moderate Diversity: Low Comments: CORAV Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional
32603	16	0	Dry	16		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 32603 (3 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: VERY SMALL PIECES, NOT RETAINED Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD NUTSHELL Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: CORAV

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 32570)
Sample number	32570
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	37
Volume flotted (L)	17
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF PIT HAMMERSCALE -FLAKE (OCCASIONAL)

Wet sieving (sample 32570)
Sample number	32570
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	37
Volume flotted (L)	17
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT HAMMERSCALE -FLAKE (OCCASIONAL)

Flotation (sample 32601)
Sample number	32601
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	38
Volume flotted (L)	18
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF PIT

Wet sieving (sample 32601)
Sample number	32601
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	38
Volume flotted (L)	18
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT

Flotation (sample 32602)
Sample number	32602
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	38
Volume flotted (L)	18
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF PIT

Wet sieving (sample 32602)
Sample number	32602
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	38
Volume flotted (L)	18
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT

Flotation (sample 32603)
Sample number	32603
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	16
Volume flotted (L)	16
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF PIT

Wet sieving (sample 32603)
Sample number	32603
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	16
Volume flotted (L)	16
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	PLANT MACROFOSSIL
Material type	CORYLUS AVELLANA
Context description	LOTS OF ASSOCIATED POT
General comments	Sample ID 32570
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	92413 (GU54226)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	4498
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	28
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-23.8
Primary early calibrated date range	-3346
Primary late calibrated date range	-3097
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%