Archaeological Excavations at Little Paxton Quarry Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire

Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction

Project background

Location, topography and geology

Historical and archaeological background

Site phasing

Results

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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

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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

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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

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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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