Webley, L. and Hiller, J. (2009). A fen island in the Neolithic and Bronze Age; Excavations at North Fen, Cambridgeshire. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1078761. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 A fen island in the Neolithic and Bronze Age; Excavations at North Fen, Cambridgeshire
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Series:		 Oxford Archaeological Unit unpublished report series
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1078761
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Abstract:		 November 2004 to February 2005. Oxford Archaeology carried out a series of Test Pits followed by an excavation. The excavation revealed prehistoric activity on a small gravel island within the fen. A buried soil horizon survived across most of the site, which produced pottery and large quantities of worked flint of later Neolithic / early Bronze Age date. Associated features included shallow pits and hollows and two large waterholes, one which contained a timber-revetted platform securely dates to the early Bronze Age. Environmental evidence from this feature shows that it was situated within an area of pasture. It is argued that the site was probably occupied discontinuously though the course of the later Neolithic and early Bronze Age. Patterning in the spatial distributions of different flint tool types across the site suggest discrete episodes of activity focused on differing tasks. The occupation horizon was subsequently buried by alluvial soil layer, representing abandonment of the site under conditions of increased wetness and flooding, before the island was engulfed by the fen during the later Bronze Age or Iron Age.
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Author:		 L Webley
J Hiller
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Cambridgeshire Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2009
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Site: Sutton Gault, Irrigation Reservoir
County: Cambridgeshire
District: East Cambridgeshire
Parish: SUTTON
Country: England
Grid Reference: 540460, 281370 (Easting, Northing)
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BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
MIDDLE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
EARLY BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) STAKE (Object England)
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TEST PIT (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar1-58300
OBIB: 98
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Created Date:		 12 Jun 2020