Preserved in the Peat : An Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its Wider Context
by
Andy M Jones
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1789258782
ISBN-13
9781789258783
Publisher
Oxbow Books
Imprint
Oxbow Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 5th, 2022
Print length
304 Pages
Weight
1,134 grams
Dimensions
21.00 x 29.70 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
British & Irish historyAncient history: to c 500 CEPrehistoric archaeology
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Presents detailed analysis of a highly unusual Early Bronze Age burial and discusses its wider context.
Excavation of a Scheduled burial mound on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor revealed an unexpected, intact burial deposit of Early Bronze Age date associated with an unparalleled range of artefacts. The cremated remains of a young person had been placed within a bearskin pelt and provided with a basketry container, from which a braided band with tin studs had spilled out. Within the container were beads of shale, amber, clay and tin; wo pairs of turned wooden studs and a worked flint flake. A unique item, possibly a sash or band, made from textile and animal skin was found beneath the container. Beneath this, the basal stone of the cist had been covered by a layer of purple moor grass which had been collected in summer. Analysis of environmental material from the site has revealed important insights into the pyre material used to burn the body, as well as providing important information about the environment in which the cist was constructed. The unparalleled assemblage of organic objects has yielded insights into a range of materials which have not survived from the earlier Bronze Age elsewhere in southern Britain.
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