Preserved in the Peat
An Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and 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 cove…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78570-260-0
- EAN: 9781785702600
- Produktnummer: 19528023
- Verlag: Oxbow Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 328 S.
- Masse: H31.0 cm x B25.0 cm x D2.4 cm 1'416 g
- Abbildungen: b/w and colour
- Gewicht: 1416
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
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