Description

Summary: The ceramic assemblage from Trench A, context 11, East Chisenbury, Enford. Excavated by Wessex Archaeology.

Research results

Carbonised residues from sherds in this group were sampled for radiocarbon dating by Waddington et al. (2019). Despite the radiocarbon calibration 'plateau' of the early Iron Age, which reduces the precision of radiocarbon dating in this period, the well preserved stratigraphy at East Chisenbury allowed for the application of Baynesian modelling to radiocarbon dates from a variety of contexts in order to help refine the chronology of the site. The study identified two distinct phases of occupation at the site as well as demonstrating that it both took much longer than initially thought to build up, as long as 500 years, but also that this process continued much later than assumed, with the latest phases of the midden possibly contemporary with the construction of some Hillforts.

The ceramic assemblage from Trench A, context 11, East Chisenbury, Enford. Carbonised residue on a decorated jar was sampled for radiocarbon dating, providing a date of 2521+/- 28 BP.