Ford, S. (2021). Neolithic and Bronze Age pits, and a Late Iron Age linear ditch at Salisbury Road, Hungerford, West Berkshire: An Archaeological Excavation. Reading: Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd. https://doi.org/10.5284/1098771. Cite this using datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	Neolithic and Bronze Age pits, and a Late Iron Age linear ditch at Salisbury Road, Hungerford, West Berkshire: An Archaeological Excavation
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DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1098771
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	Four small areas were stripped mechanically and all identified features investigated by hand. A watching brief was also maintained on ground works over other areas of the development. The fieldwork revealed a low density of prehistoric features dispersed widely across the site, as predicted by the results of the prior geophysical survey and evaluation trenching. Extensive overburden stripping during the development groundworks monitored as a watching brief, broadly supported this conclusion but did reveal additional deposits, most notably an Early Neolithic pit rich in artefacts. The fieldwork investigated a small cluster of earlier Neolithic pits along with three isolated pits of similar date, a cluster of Late Neolithic pits, Bronze Age activity and a linear ditch of Late Iron Age date. The prehistoric chronology is supported by radiocarbon dates. The survival of mollusc shells provided information on the palaeoenvironment in the Early Neolithic and from the Late Iron Age/Early Roman period up to the present day. A notable find was the recovery of a Roman iron lamp from the linear ditch.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	W Attard
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Thames Valley Archaeological Services Ltd
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2021
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Locations:	County: Berkshire Country: England District: West Berkshire Parish: Hungerford Grid Reference: 433545, 167441 (Easting, Northing)
Subjects / Periods Subjects / Periods associated with this record. Subjects / Periods:	WATCHING BRIEF (Event) BODY SHERD (Object England) LATE IRON AGE BODY SHERD (Tag) FLAKE (Object England) NEOLITHIC FLAKE (Tag) RETOUCHED FLAKE (Object England) EARLY NEOLITHIC RETOUCHED FLAKE (Tag) EXCAVATION (Event) RUBBISH PIT (Monument Type England) EARLY NEOLITHIC RUBBISH PIT (Tag) RUBBISH PIT (Monument Type England) LATE NEOLITHIC RUBBISH PIT (Tag) RUBBISH PIT (Monument Type England) MIDDLE BRONZE AGE RUBBISH PIT (Tag) BOUNDARY DITCH (Monument Type England) LATE IRON AGE BOUNDARY DITCH (Tag) BOWL (Object England) EARLY NEOLITHIC BOWL (Tag) BODY SHERD (Object England) NEOLITHIC BODY SHERD (Tag) CORE (Object England) NEOLITHIC CORE (Tag) LEAF ARROWHEAD (Object England) NEOLITHIC LEAF ARROWHEAD (Tag) LAMP (Object England) ROMAN LAMP (Tag) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England) EARLY NEOLITHIC ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag) ANIMAL REMAINS (Object England) LATE IRON AGE ANIMAL REMAINS (Tag) CEREAL GRAIN (Object England) EARLY NEOLITHIC CEREAL GRAIN (Tag) TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Object England) NEOLITHIC TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Tag) TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Object England) LATE IRON AGE TERRESTRIAL MOLLUSCA REMAINS (Tag) LATE NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) LATE IRON AGE (Historic England Periods) MIDDLE BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ROMAN (Historic England Periods) EARLY NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods) NEOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
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