Accession No
2007.458 D.19
Description
Three fragments of animal bone, consisting of a horse metacarpal split into two pieces and a fragment of another metacarpal.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; [Huntingdonshire]; Little Paxton
Period
?Late Anglo Saxon
Source
Addyman, Peter Vincent [excavator and donor]; Tebbutt, Charles Frederick [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
2007.458 D.19; LP61 [Excavation No.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Field collection)
F1006. Excavated by Peter V. Addyman and Charles F. Tebbutt, 1961.
Event Date 1962
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)
Context (References)
Addyman, P. V. (1969). 'Late Saxon settlements in the St. Neots area. II. The Little Paxton settlements and enclosures'. PCAS LXII. p. 59-93
Event Date 1969
Author: Annie McKay
Context (Acquisition Details)
Material excavated by Addyman in the 1960s and only recently donated to the Museum.
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay
Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.458 [A-I]: LP61 + ?LP62 (Box 2/?Box 3) containing bone.
Event Date 2007
Author: Annie McKay
Description (Physical description)
Description for 2007.458 D [.1-24]: '23 bags of bone from a range of contexts, including worked bone, waste and butchery. Charred remains are also seen. There are a range of animals present, several long bones, small bones and jaws. Bag labelled 'LP61, F1005, Bones' contains one fragment of St Neots ware. Other bags contain a mixture of worked bone and shell ('LP62 F1007'), worked bone waste ('LP61 F1009') and worked or butchered bone waste ('LP61, F1002' and 'LP61 F1006').'
Event Date 14/8/2018
Author: Annie McKay
Description (Physical description)
Three fragments of animal bone, consisting of a horse metacarpal split into two pieces and a fragment of another metacarpal.
Event Date 11/9/2023
Author: Alana Edgeworth
FM:304075
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