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NORTHBOROUGHNEOLITHIC CAUSEWAYED ENCLOSURE,PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATIONAND ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTS
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Wessex Archaeology
Portway HouseOld Sarum Park SalisburySP4 6EB
Report reference: 55761September 2005
© Wessex Archaeology Limited 2005 all rights reserved Wessex Archaeology Limited is a Registered Charity No. 287786 
 
NORTHBOROUGH NEOLITHIC CAUSEWAYED ENCLOSURE,PETERBOROUGH, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVALUATIONAND ASSESSMENT OF THE RESULTSContents
Summary Acknowledgements
1Introduction.........................................................................................................1
1.1 Description of the site..................................................................................11.2 Archaeological and historical background...................................................1
2Methods................................................................................................................2
2.1 Introduction..................................................................................................22.2 Aims and objectives.....................................................................................22.3 Fieldwork methodology...............................................................................2
3Results...................................................................................................................3
3.1 Introduction..................................................................................................33.2 Geophysical survey......................................................................................33.3 Evaluation trenches......................................................................................3
4Finds....................................................................................................................10
4.2 Animal bone...............................................................................................104.3 Pottery........................................................................................................124.4 Worked and burnt flint...............................................................................124.5 Potential for further analysis......................................................................12
5Palaeoenvironmental evidence.........................................................................12
5.2 Charred plant remains................................................................................135.3 Charcoal.....................................................................................................135.4 Land snails.................................................................................................145.5 Sediments...................................................................................................145.6 Pollen.........................................................................................................155.7 Phosphate analysis.....................................................................................155.8 Palaeoenvironmental summary..................................................................16
6Radiocarbon dating...........................................................................................167Discussion...........................................................................................................178Recommendations..............................................................................................199Archive................................................................................................................20References....................................................................................................................21
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