33 research outputs found
Pots, practice and society : an investigation of pattern and variability in the post-deverel rimbury ceramic tradition of East Anglia
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Land Adjacent to the Bell Language School, Cambridge: An Archaeological Evaluation
Between the 5th-22nd October, a team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook a field evaluation by trial trenching on land adjacent to The Bell Language School, Cambridge (TL 468 549). The programme of works was conducted on behalf of the Bell Educational Trust in advance of a planning application. The investigations were carried out in accordance with a specification of work and were monitored by the County Archaeological Office (CAO) of Cambridge County Council
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3 Sylvester Road, Robinson College, Cambridge: An Archaeological Evaluation
Between the 7th-13th April, a team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit (CAU) undertook a field evaluation by trial trenching and test pitting at 3 Sylvester Road, Cambridge (TL 54364 25836). The programme of works was conducted on behalf of Robinson College in anticipation of the construction of a new Graduate accommodation building and related services. Lying immediately adjacent to the projected line of Roman Akeman Street, no Roman features or finds were retrieved from the trenches. The recovered material was exclusively post-medieval in date, deriving from the ‘garden soil’ topsoil and subsoil. No archaeological features were uncovered
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The Lordship Campus, Writtle Agricultural College, Essex: An Archaeological Desk Based Assessment
The archaeological desk based assessment was commissioned by Writtle Agricultural College. It relates to an area of 4.16 hectares within the Lordship Campus. The proposed development area lies on the northern outskirts of Writtle Village, centred TL 679 062. The study reveals the potential; for encountering archaeology of the prehistoric, Roman, Medieval and Post-medieval periods, the latter two associated with the manorial complex at King Johns Hunting Lodge, 200m west of the campus. Post-medieval quarrying, recent ploughing, and the construction of semi-permanent standing buildings may have disturbed any archaeology on the site
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A collection of Late Bronze Age pottery from Green End Road, Chesterton
Research into Cambridge’s later prehistoric pottery collections, curated by the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, has identified a small, largely forgotten, group of Late Bronze Age pottery from Green End Road, Chesterton, accessioned in the early 1930s. Although components of the collection have been illustrated in the intervening years, and assigned varying dates, the group has never been fully published. This paper examines the history of the collection and provides a fully qualified overview of the material. It discusses the date of the pottery and its affinities with other published assemblages from the Cambridge Region. Importantly, it highlights that the group was recovered from the same locale as a large contemporary ‘founder’s hoard’.The work was part funded by a Crowther-Beynon (Musuem of Archaeology and Anthropology) grant orginally recived in 200
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Archaeological Investigations at the Former Tower Works Site, Mallory Road, Fengate, Peterborough
In December 2004 a team from the Cambridge Archaeological Unit conducted a fourth phase of archaeological investigations at the former Tower Works site, Mallory Road, Fengate, Peterborough (centred TL 2046 9887). The work was carried out on behalf of Marshal Motor Group in advance of commercial development. It comprised a programme of targeted trial trenching, a series of intensive buried soil investigations, and open area excavation (0.1ha). The investigations revealed further traces of a Bronze Age field system and the southern edge of a late 2nd to 4th century Romano-British farmstead. Settlement features included the corner of a ditched enclosure, a possible granary structure, and a well containing a large assemblage of pottery and tile. Surrounding these features was a dark ‘artefact enriched’ buried soil indicating either horticultural activity or off-site middening. The results complement those from previous investigations at the site. In addition they provide further context for the important assemblages of finds salvaged from adjacent quarry pits by G. Wyman Abbott in the early 20th century
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Archaeological Excavations at Greetham Quarry, Greetham, Rutland
Between January and March 2006, a team form the Cambridge Archaeological Unit conducted an archaeological excavation at land adjacent to Greetham Quarry, Greetham, Rutland (centred SK 930 149). The work was commissioned by Mark G Oldridge on behalf of M. Dickenson Ltd. in advance of the quarry extension. The excavation revealed a narrow swathe of Iron Age occupation, encompassing both open and partially enclosed settlement components. Although a Neolithic and Bronze Age presence was indicated by residual flint work, sustained prehistoric occupation at Greetham only commenced during the latter stages of the Early Iron Age. During this period, a small settlement comprising two single-phase roundhouses and an isolated four-post structure was constructed. The roundhouses were framed by a loosely bounded enclosure to the west, and a long segmented boundary ditch to the east. Together these ditches bisected the development area, creating a narrow corridor of settlement features. A small but important group of plain late Early Iron Age ceramics were recovered from one of the roundhouses, together with a rubbing stone, and a burnt bone weaving comb. During the Middle Iron Age the settlement developed along the foot-print of the earlier boundaries. The western enclosure was re-cut and periodically re-worked, whilst a small new trapezoidal enclosure was constructed on the western end of the former segmented ditch line. This enclosure bounded an area 0.02ha in extent, and was re-worked on at least one occasion. Its function was unclear, though it may have encircled a structure or served as a stock coral. The area around the trapezoidal enclosure became the focus of the Middle Iron Age settlement, with pits in its vicinity yielding an array of objects, some of which appear to have been formally deposited. Finds from these pits included dumps of Scored Ware pottery, a complete rotary quern, a minimum of 11 triangular loomweights, and several complete iron objects, possibly agricultural tools or items of personal adornment. Beyond the enclosure four further discrete pit groups were located, all producing Scored Ware pottery
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Chapel Court, Jesus College, Cambridge: An Archaeological Watching Brief
A two-day archaeological watching brief was conducted by the Cambridge Archaeological Unit in Chapel Court, Jesus College, Cambridge during the excavation of a cable trench. No significant archaeological deposits were encountered in the shallow trenching. The only horizons exposed related to 18th and 19th century episodes of surface preparation and levelling activity