Cambridge Archaeological Unit (1999). An Archaeological Evaluation at Heathfields 2, Duxford, Cambridgeshire. Cambridge: Cambridge Archaeological Unit.

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Title:		 An Archaeological Evaluation at Heathfields 2, Duxford, Cambridgeshire
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Number of Pages:		 14
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Publication Type:		 Report
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Abstract:		 Evidence for Early Neolithic activity was discovered throughout the northern part of the evaluation area but only survived as a flint distribution in the plough soil. These flint scatters represented the remains of workshop areas during the Early Neolithic. It appeared that natural fissures in the chalk were worked during the Late Mesolithic period to extract flint. There was evidence for flint knapping in the hollow, which had, subsequently, been enlarged through digging for flint nodules and several micro-burins were recovered from the fill. This area was visited during the Early Neolithic when small-scale flint-mining was carried out. A small shaft or pit was cut into the chalk to get directly at a new source of flint, the pit had a bell or boot shaped profile to allow for the greatest number of flint nodules to be extracted from the pit. A ditch was revealed and excavated which during the medieval period probably marked the area of common land amongst the small sub-divided fields of Thriplow Parish. [Au]
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Author:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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Publisher:		 Cambridge Archaeological Unit
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Year of Publication:		 1999
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Location - Auto Detected: Duxford Cambridgeshire
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MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
Early Neolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)
Late Mesolithic (Auto Detected Temporal)
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Note:		 Date Of Issue From: 1999 Date Of Coverage From: 01 Date Of Coverage To: 01 Editorial Expansion: Site name: HEATHFIELDS 2, DUXFORD
Study area: 2.79hs
Investigation type: Evaluation
District: South Cambridgeshire
Monument: STONE QUARRY. Undated, FEATURE. Undated, [finds]. Early Neolithic, MINE. Undated, DITCH. Undated
Ngr: TL45414599
Parish: Thriplow
Postcode: CB2 4PA
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Created Date:		 18 Jan 2009