Mann, A. and Jackson, R. (2011). Archaeological watching brief and contingency excavation at Clifton Quarry, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire. Worcester: Worcestershire Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1050994. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological watching brief and contingency excavation at Clifton Quarry, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire
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Series:		 Worcestershire Archaeology unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1050994
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Publication Type:		 Report (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The site identified Late Neolithic Grooved Ware pits, one of which contained an elaborate and apparently nationally unique collection of artefacts and environmental remains. A Bronze Age burnt mound and associated features were also recorded in addition to an early 8th century AD well associated with flax processing. Two Romano-British graves were also discovered, although the acidic nature of the soil had eroded the bone leaving only hobnails, an iron bracelet and pottery fragments. The most significant features were five Late Neolithic pits, one of which contained an elaborate collection of six whole and fragmentary polished axes, numerous flint tools and debitage, significant quantities of Grooved Ware pottery and abundant charred barley grains and crab apple fragments. Radiocarbon dating of charred cereal grains and crab apple pips from within this pit has provided a date of 2900-2600 cal BC. The Grooved Ware assemblage, a mixture of Durrington Wall and Clacton Styles, is the largest to have been found in Worcestershire and the collection of six axes from one feature is unique for Britain. One of these axes is at present not provenanced and may have been created from a source material located outside of Britain. Palynological evidence from a palaeochannel dated to the Late Mesolithic/Early Neolithic (4690-4450 cal BC) through to the Early Bronze Age (2290-1910 cal BC) has also provided a regional sequence of landscape change.
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Author:		 Andrew Mann
Robin Jackson
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Publisher:		 Worcestershire Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Worcestershire HER (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2011
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Site: Clifton Quarry
County: Worcestershire
District: Malvern Hills
Parish: SEVERN STOKE
Country: England
Grid Reference: 384600, 246700 (Easting, Northing)
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ROMAN (Historic England Periods) BRACLET (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CEREAL GRAIN (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) CEREAL GRAIN (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) CHARCOAL (Find)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) CHARCOAL (Find)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) HOB NAIL (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) INSECT REMAINS (Object England)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LITHIC IMPLEMENT (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) PLANT MACRO REMAINS (Object England)
EARLY PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) POLISHED AXE (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) POLLEN (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) POLLEN (Object England)
LATE MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) POLLEN (Object England)
NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) POLLEN (Object England)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) POT (Object England)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) POT BOILER (Object England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) WOOD (Find)
MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) BURNT MOUND (Monument Type England)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) FIELD SYSTEM (Monument Type England)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods) FLAX RETTING PIT (Monus)
ROMAN (Historic England Periods) GRAVE (Monument Type England)
LATER PREHISTORIC (Historic England Periods) PALAECHANNEL (Monus)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) RITUAL PIT (Monument Type England)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) RUBBISH PIT (Monument Type England)
RESCUE EXCAVATION (Event)
WATCHING BRIEF (Event)
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OASIS Id: fieldsec1-96419
OBIB: Project 2902, Report 1612, PNUM 5379, WSM 35069
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Created Date:		 22 Mar 2019