H 290 x W 205 mm
186 pages
76 figures, 43 tables (colour throughout)
Published Sep 2024
ISBN
Paperback: 9781803278315
Paperback: 9781803278322
Keywords
Bronze Age; Iron Age; Roman; Early Medieval; Cambridgeshire; Cemetery
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By James Fairclough, Rob Atkins
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£38.00
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.
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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