ABCD: 1249

Roxton 72-4 Bedford/St Neots

Site code:

1249

Site details:

Location: Roxton 72-4, Bedford/St Neots, 1985, Bedfordshire, England TL157535
Period: Iron Age/Bronze/Age Roman
Category: barrow cemetry
Notes: from cremations in Ring Ditch B, truncated by ploughing
Topography: river flood plain
Condition: dry
Report type: charcoal/wood

Bibliography

Arthur J R B. 1985. The seeds 140. In: Taylor A F and Woodward P J. A Bronze Age barrow cemetery and associated settlement at Roxton, Bedforshire. Archaeol. J. 142. 73-149. England, Bedfordshire

Processed by

JRA - Arthur, J R B:

Sample: 1249a

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA	B4	cremation layer	nr	Bronze Age	-2000	-1500
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: food & weed remains assoc with cremation Archaeological interpretion: cremation burial deposit - but see notes re disturbance
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Anthemis cotula pro c 1 1 Chenopodium album pro c ! 1 1 Galium sp. pro c 10 1 Hordeum vulgare pro c 1 1 Polygonum aviculare agg. pro c 7 1 Polygonum lapathifolium pro c ! 2 1 Sambucus nigra pro c 1 1 Silene sp. pro c 1 1 Stellaria media pro c 25 1

Sample: 1249b

Period	Context	Type	Sediment	Period	Earliest date	Latest date
PH.BA	B5(21)	pit fill	nr	Bronze Age	-1301	-1060
Context integrity: 1 Context preservation: bu Dating method: C14 Dating validity: 2 Environmental interpretion: - Archaeological interpretion: secondary cremation burial pit
Taxalist:
	Taxa name Part Preservation Problem code Quantity Abundance Chrysanthemum segetum pro c 1 1

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