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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 323787

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Context Information

Context number	323787
Parent context number	323786
Child context number(s)	None
Settlement ?	Conington 1
General Period of Feature	Early 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

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Finds

Small Find Number	Object Type	Material	Period of Find	More Information	Find Photograph
32803	Hone (identification uncertain)	Stone	Bronze Age	view Find Information for small find number 32803 Object: Hone Object identification uncertain: yes Accession number: 32803 Material: Stone Function: General tools Small find period: Bronze Age Period of stratigraphy: Neolithic Early date: 0 Late date: 0 Typology: SEMI-PORTABLE BAR 2nd typology: ALLEN 2014 IIB Description: Incomplete. L (107)mm; W (76)mm; Th 36mm. Stone hone. Robust slab, one edge natural, the others all broken. One face rough, the other extremely smooth, becoming rougher towards the edge. Part of a semi-portable tabular whetstone (Allen 2014, 10, Type IIb). Completeness: IC Count of fragments: 1 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0.0 Estimated number of vessels represented by this material: 0 Method of recovery: Unrecorded - Default assumption is hand collected Was the object discovered during survey?: 0 Does the object fall under the treasure act?: 0 the object has been discarded?: 0	Post excavation photograph of Small Find Number 32803 Post excavation photograph of Small Find Number 32803 [DOWNLOAD] right-click and save link View file information

Pottery

Pottery Identification Number	Form	Fabric (Fabric Code)	Period	Vessel Information
37392	-	Flint-tempered fabric, medium (FLM-B)	Neolithic	view Vessel information for pot no. 37392 Vessel identification number: 64192 Number of fragments recovered: 7 Weight (in g): 34 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 0 Is pottery worn?: UNWORN Is pottery burnt?: Y Is pottery abraided?: UNABRADED 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: E NEO BOWL

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Flake+Flake Fragments	1	0g
Blades+Blade Fragments	2	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
32584	38	0	Dry	18		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 32584 (2 records) Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Moderate Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 32584)
Sample number	32584
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	38
Volume flotted (L)	18
Abundance of charred wood	11-50
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF SMALL PIT

Wet sieving (sample 32584)
Sample number	32584
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 SMALL PIT