Archaeological investigations at The Bostle, Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon barrow cemeteries, Balsdean, East Sussex, 1997

Author

McKinley, Jacqueline I.; Mepham, Lorraine (Contributor)

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Sussex archaeological collections. 2004, Vol. 142, 25-44, 8 ill., maps, plans

ISSN

0143-8204

Abstract (en)

Records the results of the excavation of Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon cemeteries at The Bostle, which investigated all archaeological features including graves and potential cremation-related deposits. Three Saxon ring-ditches surrounded central graves containing the remains of inhumation burials. Evidence suggests that at least one of the latter was coffined (radiocarbon dated to between 640-879), and one shrouded. The temporal and spatial extent of The Bostle cemeteries has been shown to be greater than was previously thought.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Architecture and excavations -- United Kingdom
• Bostle, The (GBR)
• Excavations
• Great Britain
• Cemeteries
• Graves
• Coffins
• Anglo-Saxon
• Bronze age (prehistory)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Architecture et fouilles -- Royaume-Uni
• Bostle, The (GBR)
• Fouilles
• Grande-Bretagne
• Cimetière
• Tombe
• Cercueil
• Anglo-saxon (art)
• Age du bronze

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00024278

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