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Author Jones, Andy M.
Title Preserved in the peat : an extraordinary Bronze Age burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its wider context / Andy M. Jones.
Publisher Oxford ; Philadelphia : Oxbow Books, 2016.



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Contents Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Summary; Résumé; Zusammenfassung; Section 1: Background; 1. Introduction; Section 2: Deconstructing and reconstructing the cist; 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; Section 3: Assembling the burial; 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 samplesSection 4: Items with the young adult; 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; Section 5: The cist and the moor: the environmental setting of the site and its wider landscape context; 19. The environment of the Whitehorse Hill cist; Section 6: The radiocarbon dating; 20. Interpreting the chronology of the cist.
Section 7: Discussion, interpretation and conclusions21. The results from the project; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Index.
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ISBN 9781785702631 (e-book)
1785702637 (e-book)
9781785702617 (e-book)
1785702610 (electronic bk.)
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Author Jones, Andy M.
Subject Bronze age -- England -- Dartmoor.
Prehistoric peoples -- England -- Dartmoor.
Burial -- England -- Dartmoor -- History -- To 1500.
Grave goods -- England -- Dartmoor -- History -- To 1500.
Material culture -- England -- Dartmoor -- History -- To 1500.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Dartmoor.
Peat -- England -- Dartmoor.
Dartmoor (England) -- Antiquities.
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Contents Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Summary; Résumé; Zusammenfassung; Section 1: Background; 1. Introduction; Section 2: Deconstructing and reconstructing the cist; 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; Section 3: Assembling the burial; 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 samplesSection 4: Items with the young adult; 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; Section 5: The cist and the moor: the environmental setting of the site and its wider landscape context; 19. The environment of the Whitehorse Hill cist; Section 6: The radiocarbon dating; 20. Interpreting the chronology of the cist.
Section 7: Discussion, interpretation and conclusions21. The results from the project; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Index.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781785702631 (e-book)
1785702637 (e-book)
9781785702617 (e-book)
1785702610 (electronic bk.)
Author Jones, Andy M.
Subject Bronze age -- England -- Dartmoor.
Prehistoric peoples -- England -- Dartmoor.
Burial -- England -- Dartmoor -- History -- To 1500.
Grave goods -- England -- Dartmoor -- History -- To 1500.
Material culture -- England -- Dartmoor -- History -- To 1500.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Dartmoor.
Peat -- England -- Dartmoor.
Dartmoor (England) -- Antiquities.

Subject Bronze age -- England -- Dartmoor.
Prehistoric peoples -- England -- Dartmoor.
Burial -- England -- Dartmoor -- History -- To 1500.
Grave goods -- England -- Dartmoor -- History -- To 1500.
Material culture -- England -- Dartmoor -- History -- To 1500.
Excavations (Archaeology) -- England -- Dartmoor.
Peat -- England -- Dartmoor.
Dartmoor (England) -- Antiquities.
Descript 1 online resource
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Contents Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Summary; Résumé; Zusammenfassung; Section 1: Background; 1. Introduction; Section 2: Deconstructing and reconstructing the cist; 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; Section 3: Assembling the burial; 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 samplesSection 4: Items with the young adult; 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; Section 5: The cist and the moor: the environmental setting of the site and its wider landscape context; 19. The environment of the Whitehorse Hill cist; Section 6: The radiocarbon dating; 20. Interpreting the chronology of the cist.
Section 7: Discussion, interpretation and conclusions21. The results from the project; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Index.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9781785702631 (e-book)
1785702637 (e-book)
9781785702617 (e-book)
1785702610 (electronic bk.)

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