012AD00067

Slot

Phasing

The slot has been assigned an Anglian phase due to the finds of a composite bone comb fragment and a sherd of pottery (of Anglian form, but with a Romano-British fabric).

Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram

             
    012AD00066         
             
        012AD00694     
             
    012AD00067         
             
             
     012AD01000        
             
     012AD00384        

Discussion

This short north-south oriented slot is apparently  part of a small enclosure (or pen?) with similar east-west aligned slot  012AD00065. While containing a higher density of animal bones (63 as opposed to 18), the similar proportions of  sheep/goat, cattle and pig species (47%, 42% and 10% respectively) also indicate a similar date for the infilling of the slots.

Two fills were noted in the southern half of the slot, the primary fill (012AD00694) being a darker (Munsell 10YR 4/2) sandy loam with up to 20% chalk inclusions. No daub or charcoal flecking was noted, and relatively few finds were from this fill. It seems likely that this primary fill was a natural colluvial event. If this is the case, then the slot was redefined before the secondary filling (012AD00066) took place. This was a slightly lighter (Munsell 10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam, with around 10% chalk inclusions. Almost all of the material culture was recovered from the secondary fill. No indication of the primary fill was noted in the northern half of the slot.

The slot was cut into white chalk, with a regular U-profile.

All Contexts and Associated Finds Totals

CUT  FILL VOLUME OBJECTS AN BONE DENSITY
012AD00067 012AD00066   12 61  
012AD00694   4 2  

012AD00066 Object Totals by Period and Material

KEY_ID MATERIAL PERIOD No
012AD00066 CHARCOAL  
1
  DAUB  
1
  POTTERY 2-4C
2
  POTTERY 3-4C
2
  POTTERY ANGLIAN
1
  SHELL  
1
  SLAG  
1
  WORKED BONE ANGLIAN
1
  WORKED STONE ROMAN/ANGLIAN
1

012AD00066 Animal Bone Totals by Species

KEY_ID SPECIES No
012AD00066 Cattle
25
  Fowl spp.
1
  Pig
6
  Sheep
10
  Sheep/Goat
19


Context Details

012AD00067 Sections and Notes


 
KEY_ID TYPE SHAPE L B D PROFILE NOTES
012AD00066 SLOT FILL LINEAR
412
63
22
U-SHAPED CONTAINED VERY HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ANIMAL BONE AND 1 NEEDLE SHARPENING STONE. OVERLIES POST HOLE 469/470.
012AD00066 SLOT FILL LINEAR 208 24 16 IRREGULAR SLOT FILL IN S END OF 66/67. FINDS BAGGED UNDER 66 BONE FOUND. NO DAUB OR CHARCOAL FLECKING. 20% CHALK INCLUSIONS <2MS. MIX LIGHT BROWN FILL PINK CHALK.
012AD00067 SLOT CUT LINEAR
412
63
22
U-SHAPED REGULAR U-PROFILE. N/S ALIGNED SLOT. CUT INTO DEGRADED WHITE CHALK NATURAL. OVERLIES POST HOLE 469/470. 

Objects By Context

KEY_ID OB PERIOD MATERIAL TYPE SUB_TYPE CLASS No
012AD00066 AA ANGLIAN WORKED BONE COMB FRAGMENT TEETH SECTION COMPOSITE COMB
1
012AD00066 AB 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00066 AC 3-4C POTTERY SHERD   ROMANO-BRITISH
1
012AD00066 AE   SHELL SHELL   LIMPET
1
012AD00066 AF ANGLIAN POTTERY SHERD ANG FORM,R-B FAB ANGLIAN I
1
012AD00066 AG 2-4C POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AD00066 AH   CHARCOAL CHARCOAL SAMPLE    
1
012AD00066 AI 2-4C POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AD00066 AJ   DAUB DAUB    
2
012AD00066 AK ROMAN/ANGLIAN WORKED STONE WHETSTONE PIN SHARPENER  
1
012AD00066 AL   SLAG SLAG    
1
012AD00694 AA 4C POTTERY SHERD    
1
012AD00694 AB   STONE STONE FOSSILIFEROUS  
1
012AD00694 AC   DAUB DAUB    
1
012AD00694 AD ANGLIAN UTILISED STONE LAVA NIEDERMENDIG  
12

Animal Bone by Context

KEY_ID SPECIES ELEMENT QUANT CHEW BURN BUTCH FBRK
012AD00066 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00066 Cattle Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Femur C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Femur D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle LM3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle M/C D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle M/T C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Mand fr 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00066 Cattle Pelvis fr 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Phalanx 2 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Radius P 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00066 Cattle Scapula 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Tibia C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Cattle Ulna 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Fowl spp. Tarsom/t 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Pig Calcaneum 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Pig Mandible 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00066 Pig N.Cuboid 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Pig Patella 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Pig Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Pig Tibia D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep Astragalus 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00066 Sheep Calcaneum 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep Humerus D 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep Humerus D 1 0 1 0 1
012AD00066 Sheep Ld4 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep Ld4 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep M/C P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep Phalanx 1 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Astragalus 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Atlas 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Femur P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Humerus C 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Humerus D 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Mandible 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Pelvis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Pelvis 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Pelvis fr 1 0 0 1 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Pelvis fr 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Radius D 1 0 0 0 1
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Radius P 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Scapula 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Tibia br 1 1 0 0 0
012AD00066 Sheep/Goat Ulna 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00694 Cattle Phalanx 3 1 0 0 0 0
012AD00694 Domestic fowl Coracoid 1 0 0 0 0