Andy M. Jones
Preserved in the Peat: An Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its Wider Context
Preserved in the Peat: An Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its Wider Context
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An unexpected, intact burial deposit of the Early Bronze Age was discovered on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and was associated with a wide range of artifacts. The cremated remains of a young person were placed within a bearskin pelt and a basketry container, along with beads of shale, amber, clay, and tin, two turned wooden studs, and a worked flint flake. A unique item made from textile and animal skin was found beneath the container, and the basal stone of the cist was covered by a layer of purple moor grass. Analysis of environmental material from the site has revealed important insights into the pyre material used to burn the body and the environment in which the cist was constructed.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 15 August 2022
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Excavation of a Scheduled burial mound on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, has revealed an unexpected and 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; two 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 that have not survived from the earlier Bronze Age elsewhere in southern Britain.
Weight: 1134g
Dimension: 210 x 297 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789258783
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