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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 323872

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Context Information

Context number	323872
Parent context number	323871
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

Context Sheet(s)

Context sheet for context 323872
Filename	A14-TEA32-CN323872.pdf (83 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
37396	4-B	Sand-and-calcite-gritted fabric, fine (CASAF-B)	Neolithic	view Vessel information for pot no. 37396 Vessel identification number: 64196 Number of fragments recovered: 16 Weight (in g): 63 Estimated vessel equivalents represented by this material: 0 Rim diameter (in mm): 120 Publication reference number: 328.0 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: MILDENHALL WARE NICE IMP DOTS ON NECK FINE INCISED LINES BELKOW SHOULDER AND ON ROLLED RIM Decoration information for vessel no. 64196 Decoration type: Impressed Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: BODY (UNCERTAIN) Decoration information for vessel no. 64196 Decoration type: Cross-Hatched Decoration Location of decoration on vessel: RIM-TOP

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Flake+Flake Fragments	2	0g
Blades+Blade 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
32646	39	0	Dry	19		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 32646 (5 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: SMALL PIECE OF BURNT BONE Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: TRI, AVEHORSECT Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD CHAFF Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional
32647	39	0	Dry	19		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 32647 (2 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
32648	20	0	Dry	20	view Comments: HAMMERSCALE - SPHEROID (OCCASIONAL) Specialist comments:	view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 32648 (2 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

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 32646)
Sample number	32646
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	39
Volume flotted (L)	19
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred chaff	1-10
Diversity of charred chaff	1-3 taxa
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF PIT

Wet sieving (sample 32646)
Sample number	32646
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	39
Volume flotted (L)	19
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT

Flotation (sample 32647)
Sample number	32647
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	39
Volume flotted (L)	19
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF PIT

Wet sieving (sample 32647)
Sample number	32647
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	39
Volume flotted (L)	19
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT

Flotation (sample 32648)
Sample number	32648
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	0
Comments	FILL OF PIT HAMMERSCALE - SPHEROID (OCCASIONAL)

Wet sieving (sample 32648)
Sample number	32648
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	20
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF PIT HAMMERSCALE - SPHEROID (OCCASIONAL)

Botany Analysis results

Sample number	English plant species name	Latin plant species name	Plant part	Amount	Estimated/Real	State of preservation	Comments
32646	emmer	Triticum dicoccum schubL.	Seed	1	Real	Charred
32646	emmer	Triticum dicoccum schubL.	Glume Base	1	Real	Charred
32646	wheat	Triticum sp.	Seed	1	Real	Charred
32646	barley/rye/wheat	Hordeum/secale/triticum sp.	Seed	1	Real	Charred
32646	emmer/spelt	Triticum dicoccum/spelta	Glume Base	1	Real	Charred