Digital Archive from Archaeological Works at Church Road, Old Newton, Suffolk, 2022

This collection comprises images, spreadsheets, databases, and GIS data from an archaeological evaluation and an archaeological excavation within a parcel of land to the south of Church Road, Old Newton, Suffolk undertaken by Cotswold Archaeology. The evaluation occurred in May 2022 and the excavation between October and November 2022. In the evaluation, the features primarily consisted of ditches marking post-medieval field boundaries, although a number of earlier features were encountered along with three undated ditches that probably predate the post-medieval period. In the excavation, the main archaeological feature of Area 1 was a ditch (4022). A dominance of pottery types current in the 2nd to 3rd centuries AD from the fills of the boundary (4022) and other features suggests a probable focus for this activity in the mid-Roman period. In Area 2, a pit (3202) with two Roman pottery vessels dated to the Late Roman period was discovered. These represent a 'structured deposit', and it is possible that the vessels had once contained something perishable (for example, food or drink).

本数据集包含由科茨沃尔德考古（Cotswold Archaeology）在萨福克郡老牛顿镇教堂路以南地块开展的考古勘探与考古发掘所产生的图像、电子表格、数据库及地理信息系统（GIS）数据。本次考古勘探于2022年5月进行，考古发掘则于2022年10月至11月间开展。考古勘探阶段发现的遗存以标记后中世纪田野边界的沟渠为主，同时还揭露了若干更早的遗存，以及三条年代未明、大概率早于后中世纪时期的沟渠。考古发掘阶段的1号区域核心考古遗存为编号4022的沟渠，从该沟渠（4022）及其他遗存的填土中出土的以公元2至3世纪流行陶器类型为主的遗物，表明该区域的人类活动大概率集中于罗马时期中期。2号区域则发现了编号3202的坑穴，其内出土两件可追溯至罗马晚期的罗马陶器，该遗存属于“结构性堆积”，推测这些陶器原本可能盛放过易腐物品（例如食物或饮品）。