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Preserved in the peat : an extraordinary Bronze Age burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its wider context / Andy M. Jones.

Author/creator Jones, Andy M.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2016.
Description1 online resource
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Scope and content "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; 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 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"--From publisher's website.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
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Issued in other formPrint version: Jones, Andy M., author. Preserved in the peat Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2016 9781785702600
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2016021504
ISBN9781785702617 (epub)
ISBN9781785702624 (mobi)
ISBN9781785702631 ( pdf)

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