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H 290 x W 205 mm

186 pages

76 figures, 43 tables (colour throughout)

Published Sep 2024

Archaeopress Archaeology

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Paperback: 9781803278315

Digital: 9781803278322

Paperback: 9781803278322

DOI 10.32028/9781803278315

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Keywords
Bronze Age; Iron Age; Roman; Early Medieval; Cambridgeshire; Cemetery

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Archaeological excavations at Little Paxton Quarry, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire were undertaken by MOLA 2017-2021 reveal evidence of Neolithic pits, a middle Bronze Age cremation cemetery, and more. Permanent occupation took place from the middle Iron Age period, with one settlement continuing into the middle Roman period.

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Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Project background

Location, topography and geology

Historical and archaeological background

Site phasing

Results

 

Chapter 2: The archaeological evidence James Fairclough and Rob Atkins

Period 1: Neolithic to early Iron Age (c4000 – 400BC)

Period 2: Middle Iron Age to Roman (c3rd or 2nd century BC – late 4th century AD)

Period 3: Saxon to modern

 

Chapter 3: Finds

Worked flint – Yvonne Wolframm-Murray

Prehistoric pottery – Lyn Blackmore

Iron Age and Roman pottery from Area B – Anna Rebisz-Niziolek and Adam Sutton

Iron Age and Roman from Areas C, D and L – Anna Rebisz-Niziolek

Medieval and post-medieval pottery – Paul Blinkhorn

Post-Roman pottery from Area B – Paul Blinkhorn

Registered finds of Area B – Tora Hylton

Small finds in Areas C, D and L – Chris Faine

Metalworking debris from Areas D, C and L – David Dungworth

Worked and unworked stone from Areas C and D – Kevin Hayward

Ceramic building material from Areas C, D and L – Rob Atkins

Fired clay from Area C – Mary Ellen Crothers

Radiocarbon dating – Chris Chinnock

 

Chapter 4: Human, faunal and environmental evidence

Human bone from Area B – Chris Chinnock

Cremated human bone from Area C – Chris Chinnock

Animal bone from Area B – Sander Aerts

Animal bone from Areas C, D and L – Chris Faine

Plant macrofossils and other remains from Area B – Val Fryer

Environmental remains from Areas C, D and L – Dominika Kofel-Lubczynska

Shell from Area C – Matt Law

Pollen from Area C – Suzi Richer

 

Chapter 5: Discussion Rob Atkins with James Fairclough

Period 1: Neolithic to early Iron Age (c4000BC to 400BC)

Period 2: middle Iron Age to Roman (c3rd or 2nd century BC– late 4th century AD)

Period 3: Saxon to modern

 

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