Accession No
TEMP.00813.2
Description
Nine pieces of bone; six bones and three bone fragments from a small species of fowl.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Snailwell
Period
Late Iron Age early Roman
Source
Newmarket Rural District Council [donor]; Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00813.2; MAA: No number 32
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
Weight 0.022kg
Events
Context (Display)
An old display label seen with the object reads 'Bones of a small species of fowl' in faded black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Display)
A loose old display label seen with the bones reads 'These animal bones were found at the north-west corner of the grave among the pottery' in faded black ink.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Lethbridge (1954): 'Among the shattered pots... the inclusion of the complete skeleton of a young pig and that of a miniature fowl of the size of a bantam' (p. 28).
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Field collection)
Found in a Belgic chieftain's grave when laying a drain. Excavated by Thomas Lethbridge on 17 May 1952. Grid reference TL 52/645674.
Event Date 17/5/1952
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Lethbridge, T.C. (1954). 'Burial of an Iron Age Warrior at Snailwell'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 47. pp 25-37. p. 28, 37.
Event Date 1954
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Jackson, J. Wilfred. (1954). 'Animal Bones Found with the Belgic Burial at Snailwell'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, vol. 47. pp. 25-37. p. 37.
Event Date 1954
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (References)
Stead, I.M. (1967). 'A La Tène III Burial at Welwyn Garden City'. Archaeologia, vol. 101. pp. 1-61
Event Date 1967
Author: Jane Pettitt
Description (Physical description)
Pieces of unaccessioned bone from Snailwell burial. One box of bones from a young pig. One box of rib and leg bones of a small species of ox. The hind leg bones of a pig, the bones of a small species of fowl, a sheep's tooth.
Mole bones.
Small bones.
Event Date 15/12/2000
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Amendments / updates)
This object was found in a ziplock bag marked with the idno 1953.24. It does not however feature in the Accession Register or the catalogue card for this accession number. A database record was found with the correct description (see physical description 15/12/2000) and accession number noted as 'No number 32'. As this is no longer a recognised form of numbering MAA material this has been moved to the MAA Nos field and the objects assigned TEMP-number, TEMP.00813.2.
Event Date 04/02/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A group of bones and bone fragments from a small species of fowl.
Event Date 4/2/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Nine pieces of bone; six bones and three bone fragments from a small species of fowl.
Event Date 27/6/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:282766
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