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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 51883

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Context Information

Context number	51883
Parent context number	51886
Child context number(s)	None
Group number	63 (Roundhouse), Subgroup number: 1
Land use interpretation	Enclosure (E3)
Settlement ?	Alconbury 2
General Period of Feature	Middle-Late Iron Age
A14 Area	Alconbury (TEA05)
Associated digital archive	MOLA Headland Infrastructure (2025) A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme: Digital Archive for Archaeological Works at Alconbury Landscape Block, 2016-2018 [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1081249

Context Sheet(s)

Original context sheets from A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire; Alconbury Landscape Block, TEA05, Contexts 051800-051899
Filename	A14-TEA05-CN051800-051899.pdf (26 MB)	PDF	Info Download
Description	Scanned original context sheets for Alconbury, TEA05, Contexts 051800-051899	PDF	Info Download

Flint

Type	Total	Weight	Comments
Unassigned	3	0g

Animal Remains Data

Animal Remains Summary

Sample 0
Sample number	0
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.131g
Animal remains type(s) present	Cattle Sheep or Goat
Number of bones large mammals	10
Number of bones medium mammals	3
Number of bones with butchery marks	5
Number of gnawed bones	1
Summary notes	CANINE GNAWING

Sample 5252
Sample number	5252
State of preservation	MODERATE
Weight	0.009g
Animal remains type(s) present	Sheep or Goat
Number of bones medium mammals	32
Number of burnt bones	7
Summary notes	BATCH 16 - UNID LBF/RIB & 2 SMALL FRAG S/G MOLAR

Animal bones

Bone Species	Quantity of Bone for Species	Bone Type and Part(s)	More information
Cattle	1	Maxillary Tooth (1 Most)	view More Information on Cattle Bones in Context 51883 Bone number 5 Unique number assigned to bone: 5 Type of species: CATTLE Type of bone: MAXILLARY TOOTH part of bone present: MOST Proportion of the animal present in a range of 1-5 : 4 Number of fragments recovered: 1 Weight (in g): 25 Side of the animal from which the bone came from (l or r): R Age of animal [codes: FN = foetal. I = immature. J = juvenile. O = old. SA = senior adult. YA = young adult]: A Zoological comment on zones: MAX M1/2 GRANT 14: PHOTO TAKEN - EXTRACTED FOR C14

Environmental Data

Processed samples

Sample number	Volume proccessed (L)	Volume wet-sieved (L)	Type of flotation	Volume of flotted material (L)	Comments	Assessment results
5252	40	0		20		view Environmental processed samples contents for sample number 5252 (3 records) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: BONE MISC Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: BURNT BONE (8 SMALL FRAGMENTS) AND UNBURNT BONE- HEAVILY FRAGMENTED, VARYING DEGREES OF BURNING Sieving/flotation process: Flotation Environmental material identified: CHD GRAIN Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: HORDEUM SP. (1) Sieving/flotation process: Wet sieving Environmental material identified: CHD WOOD Abundance: Occasional Diversity: Low Comments: CHARCOAL UP TO 10MM

Botany Data

Flotation (sample 5252)
Sample number	5252
Process	Flotation
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred grain	1-10
Diversity of charred grain	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF ROUNDHOUSE (ORGANIC SOIL)

Wet sieving (sample 5252)
Sample number	5252
Process	Wet sieving
Volume processed (L)	40
Volume flotted (L)	20
Abundance of charred wood	1-10
Diversity of charred wood	1-3 taxa
Comments	FILL OF ROUNDHOUSE (ORGANIC SOIL)

Radiocarbon Dating

Sample material	BONE
Material type	ANIMAL BONE: CATTLE
Context description	DATE LATEST SETTLEMENT OF ENCLOSURE 5.9. VIA ROUNDHOUSE 5.4
General comments	SAMPLE ID: 51883
Laboratory name	SUERC
Laboratory sample code	92683 (GU54237)
Uncalibrated date - Conventional radiocarbon age	2127
Conventional radiocarbon age error range	24
Delta 13C (δ13C stable isotope)	-21.7
Delta 15N (δ15N stable isotope)	6.2
Primary early calibrated date range	-346
Primary late calibrated date range	-56
Primary calibrated date range confidence	95.4%