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Rowbarrow, Downton Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design ROWBARROW, DOWNTON ROAD, SALISBURY, WILTSHIRE Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design Contents Summary .................................................................................................................................. iii Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................. iv 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................1 1.1 Project background .........................................................................................................1 1.2 Scope of document .........................................................................................................2 1.3 Site location, topography and geology ............................................................................2 1.4 Archaeological background .............................................................................................2 2 AIMS AND METHODS .............................................................................................................4 2.1 Aims and objectives ........................................................................................................4 2.2 Methods ........................................................................................................................... 4 3 RESULTS ................................................................................................................................. 6 3.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Natural deposits and soil sequence ................................................................................7 3.3 Early Bronze Age (c. 2200–1600 BC) .............................................................................7 3.4 Early/Middle Bronze Age .................................................................................................8 3.5 Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600–1100 BC) ...........................................................................8 3.6 Early Iron Age (c. 700–400 BC) ......................................................................................9 3.7 Romano-British (AD 43–410) ........................................................................................13 3.8 Medieval/post-medieval (1066–1800) ...........................................................................13 3.9 Features of uncertain date (Romano-British to early medieval) .................................... 14 4 FINDS ..................................................................................................................................... 16 4.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 16 4.2 Pottery ........................................................................................................................... 17 4.3 Worked flint ................................................................................................................... 18 4.4 Burnt flint ....................................................................................................................... 19 4.5 Human bone ..................................................................................................................19 4.6 Animal bone ..................................................................................................................21 4.7 Other finds ..................................................................................................................... 21 5 ENVIRONMENTAL ................................................................................................................. 21 5.2 Charred plant remains ...................................................................................................22 5.3 Wood charcoal ..............................................................................................................22 5.4 Land and fresh/brackish water molluscs .......................................................................22 6 RADIOCARBON DATING ......................................................................................................23 7 POTENTIAL AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER WORK .....................................23 7.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 23 7.2 Stratigraphic potential ....................................................................................................24 7.3 Finds potential ............................................................................................................... 25 7.4 Environmental potential .................................................................................................26 7.5 Radiocarbon dating .......................................................................................................27 7.6 Summary of recommendations for further analysis .......................................................27 8 RESOURCES AND PUBLICATION .......................................................................................28 8.1 Proposed analysis and publication ................................................................................28 i 57815.01 Rowbarrow, Downton Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire Post-Excavation Assessment and Updated Project Design 8.2 Management .................................................................................................................29 8.3 Personnel ...................................................................................................................... 29 9 STORAGE AND CURATION ..................................................................................................30 9.1 Museum ......................................................................................................................... 30 9.2 Archive .......................................................................................................................... 30 9.3 Conservation .................................................................................................................30 9.4 Discard policy ................................................................................................................ 30 9.5 Copyright ....................................................................................................................... 31 9.6 Security copy ................................................................................................................. 31 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................................................. 32 APPENDIX 1: ASSESSMENT OF HUMAN BONE .........................................................................34 APPENDIX 2: ASSESSMENT OF THE CHARRED PLANT