Accession No
TEMP.00813.7
Description
Bag of 29 bones and three teeth from multiple small animals, possibly a mole or other rodent. The largest bone fragment may be from a larger unknown animal.
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.00813.7; MAA: No number 32
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
Weight 0.007kg
Events
Context (Other)
These bones have not been mentioned in the excavation report, see References Lethbridge (1954). This is likely because these bones are not part of the burial itself but could be from more recent animal activity in the area.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Related Documents)
A loose hand written note seen with the bones reads 'Small bones. Snailwell' black ink.
Event Date
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)
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
Description (Physical description)
A number of bones from multiple small animals, possible mole or other rodent, and one fragment of bone from a larger unknown animal.
Event Date 11/02/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Amendments / updates)
No idno-based database record was seen for this object. However 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.00813.7, and any information from the No number record carried over.
Event Date 11/02/2019
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
Bag of 29 bones and three teeth from multiple small animals, possibly a mole or other rodent. The largest bone fragment may be from a larger unknown animal.
Event Date 17/6/2022
Author: Jane Pettitt
FM:282852
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