Preserved in the Peat an Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill Dartmoor and its Wider Context 1st Edition by Andy M Jones ISBN 1785702602 978-1785702600

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ISBN 10: 1785702602 

ISBN 13: 978-1785702600

Author: Andy M Jones

 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.

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction

2. Results from the 2011 fieldwork

3. The micro-excavation and conservation of the artefacts

4. The wooden stakes from the Whitehorse Hill cist

5. The samples of peat and possible soil from the cist at Whitehorse Hill

6. The human remains

7. The wood charcoal

8. The charred textiles from the cremation deposit

9. The matted plant material from the base of the cist

10. The pollen and non-pollen palynomorphs from the cist samples

11. The animal pelt

12. The copper-alloy pin

13. The basketry container

14. The composite braided hair armband or bracelet

15. The composite necklace

16. The wooden studs

17. The flint

18. The textile and animal-skin object

19. The environment of the Whitehorse Hill cist

20. Interpreting the chronology of the cist

21. The results from the project

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