Title: |
Archaeological Evaluation of a Prehistoric Pit Alignment and Associated Deposits at Ingestre, Staffordshire |
Number of Pages: |
27 |
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Publication Type: |
Report
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Abstract: |
The archaeological evaluation, consisting of geophysical surveys and the excavation of two trial trenches revealed limited indications of the suspected Bronze Age pit alignment, identified in aerial evidence. This was thought to have been almost totally ploughed out, a process that probably started after the aerial photographs taken in 1974. Buried below the plough soil and stratigraphically below the prehistoric pits, a relict landscape was found with evidence of early deforestation or land clearance in the form of charcoal with alluvial material containing a small amount of worked flint. Episodic flooding seemed to have occurred and the fertility of the deposited silt must have been exploited because cut into it furrows of an early plough were identified. Continued flooding seemed to have built up a large thickness of soil, into which was eventually cut the alignment of pits, which may have ended on the edge of a former course of the river Trent. Material from these deposits was submitted for radiocarbon dating. [Au(adp)] |
Author: |
Archaeophysica Ltd
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Publisher: |
Archaeophysica Ltd
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Year of Publication: |
2000
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Locations: |
Location - Auto Detected: |
Ingestre Staffordshire |
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Note: |
Date Of Issue From:
2000
Date Of Coverage From:
01
Date Of Coverage To:
01
Editorial Expansion:
Site name: INGESTRE Study area: Investigation type: Evaluation District: Stafford Monument: [finds]. Post-medieval (1540-1901), PIT. Undated, RIDGE AND FURROW. Prehistoric, HOLLOW. Undated Ngr: SJ98682459 Parish: Ingestre Postcode: ST180RE
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Source: |
BIAB
(Archaeological Investigations Project (AIP))
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Created Date: |
18 Jan 2009 |