ABSTRACT
A small quantity of worked flint was recovered from the excavations. Twelve pieces of natural flint were also found, one of which has a natural perforation. This latter piece may conceivably have been used as a weight. During excavations at the manor site, a single crouched inhumed burial was discovered cut into the natural chalk. The occupant of the grave, a male about twenty five years of age, was accompanied by a single Bronze Age beaker. The human remains had been boxed, along with large quantities of chalk soil, much of which formed a matrix around the excavated bone, especially around the cranium. Determination of sex of the Caldecote skeleton was based on observations of the cranium and pelvis, and on measurements of the heads of the femurs. The criteria on which the Caldecote skeleton was aged depended largely on the nature and the quality of the bones available.
