Accession No

1958.79


Description

Sherd; Oyster Shell; Animal Bone; Rim - Sherds of coarse ware; Oyster-shells:Animal bones.


Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Arbury


Period

Roman


Source

City of Cambridge


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1958.79


Cultural Affliation


Material

Ceramic; Pottery; Oyster; Shell; Animal Bone


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
See PCAS 48, p. 20 ff; Excavated by in 1953: From Pit 9
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Sherds of coarse ware; Oyster-shells:Animal bones.
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Frend, W.H.C. 1959. 'Further Finds on the Arbury Road Estate'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LII. pp. 69-72.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Liversidge, Joan. 1977. 'Roman Burials in the Cambridge Area'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LXVII. pp. 11-38.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
ost sherds and the animal bone are marked 'AR PIT 9'.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
A large number of mixed coarse ware sherds. Some sherds are decorated with bands of incised grooves, and 1 sherd is black burnished ware. Bagged with these is 1 small sherd of colour coated ware. In addition to the sherds there is 1 fragment of animal bone, the mandible, with two teeth in situ. There are two pieces of oyster shell.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: maa


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Frend, W.H.C. 1955. 'A Romano-British Settlement at Arbury Road, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol XLVIII. pp. 10-43.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Annual Report. December 1958. pp. 3.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


FM:56430

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