002CA00016 Spit
| Spit Details |
| Length |
7300 |
Width |
1700 |
Depth |
5 |
| Area |
92.68 sq. m |
Volume |
|
| Material Culture |
Number of Objects |
2 |
Number of Animal Bones |
0 |
| Environmental |
|
|
|
Stratigraphic Matrix Diagram
The matrix diagram above shows the spits outlined in red, their relationships
to each other and to the master numbers of the features which they overlay.
Each of these master numbers is made up of a number of context numbers,
all of which can be seen when viewing the individual catalog entries for
each master. Click on the master number or spit which you wish to see in
more detail.
Discussion
First cleaning of the south western part of area 2CA, under the machine
stripping, roughly equating to the position of a chalk knoll. The spit
was begun in 1986, being recleaned and extended in 1987. The surface revealed
was a predominantly decayed chalk, with a large number of solution holes.
The makeup of the soil was principally a loamy windblown sand, (Munsell
10/YR/44). No animal bone and only two objects were recovered from this
spit. The removal of this spit helped to define the position of six Grubenhauser
(002CA00041, 002CA00089,
002CA00286,
002CA00762,
002CA00763
and 002CA07002), a north-south oriented ditch
(002CA00162) and part of a pit alignment
(002CA00165). It was clear that the
area had suffered quite severely from plough damage, and thus most of the
tops of the remaining features had already been removed. Detailed planning
of the entire chalk area did not significantly increase the amount of information
retrieved.
Context Details
| KEY_ID |
TYPE |
SHAPE |
L |
B |
D |
PROFILE |
NOTES |
| 002CA00016 |
SPIT |
SEMI-CIRCULAR |
7300 |
1700 |
5 |
FLAT |
INITIAL CLEAN OF A CHALK KNOLL OCCUPYING MUCH
OF THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE AREA. PRINCIPALLY COMPOSED OF A WINDBLOWN LOAMY
SAND. FINDS SPARSE. |
Object Totals by Material
| 002CA00016 |
Iron |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Pottery |
1 |
of which |
Prehistoric |
1 |
Objects by Context
| KEY_ID |
OBCODE |
PERIOD |
MATERIAL |
TYPE |
SUB_TYPE |
CLASS |
NO |
| 002CA00016 |
AA |
|
IRON |
IRON OBJECT |
?BLADE |
|
1 |
| 002CA00016 |
AB |
LATE NEO/E.B.A. |
POTTERY |
SHERD |
COLLARED BOWL |
PETERBOROUGH |
1 |
