A first ‘Wessex 1’ date from Wessex
- 1 March 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Antiquity
- Vol. 84 (324), 363-373
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00066631
Abstract
The furnished barrow burials of Wessex represent a maturation of the Beaker rite during the Early Bronze Age in Britain. Many of these burials were unearthed centuries ago, when archaeology was at its most eager and insouciant, but – happily for us – there were often a few careful recorders on hand. Thanks to their records, the modern scientists engaged in the Beaker People Project can still follow the trail back to a museum specimen and obtain high precision dates – as in the case of the ‘Wessex 1’ grave from West Overton in Wessex reported here.Keywords
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