Bronze Age lithics and cremations at River View, Witham (EHER 80185)

The earliest phase of activity at River View, Witham is represented by a small quantity of lithics dated to the middle Neolithic to early Bronze Age. Two late Bronze Age cremations in inverted ceramic urns were discovered within two metres of each other.

December 2020 to October 2021. Trial trenching and excavation. The earliest phase of activity at River View, Witham is represented by a small quantity of lithics including middle Neolithic to early Bronze Age flakes and an early Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead. These finds were not from a contemporary feature and are not associated with the later cremations. Two late Bronze Age cremations in inverted ceramic urns were discovered within two metres of each other. The vessels likely contain more than two individuals as the skeletal remains from the vessel contents and the surrounding soil contains both sub-adults and adults. Nearby the cremations, a group of post holes and pits are contemporary, although they contained no finds <1>