Food for the Living: a Reassessment of a Bronze Age Barrow at Buckskin, Basingstoke, Hampshire

Autor:	Michael Morris, Michael J. Allen, I.K. Whitbread, A.M. ApSimon, M. Newbury, Michael Russell, Rachael Seager Smith, Andrew C. King, R.H. Clark, Barbara Applin
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Rite Cultural history media_common.quotation_subject General Medicine Art engineering.material Archaeology Buckskin Bronze Age High status engineering Bronze Animal bone Tumulus media_common
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 61:157-189
ISSN:	2050-2729 0079-497X
Popis:	The analysis of Bronze Age barrow sites excavated as long ago as 25 years can provide information on more significant and wide ranging topics than basic funerary rites. At Buckskin no primary burial rite was recorded nor any high status artefacts found. The analysis, of stored soil samples and animal bones however, produced evidence for ceremonial activity and feasting prior to the construction of the barrow mound. This encourages discussion on both the role of this barrow and the primary function, other than interment, of similar monuments, especially from the evidence of environmental data. Study of both land Mollusca and faunal remains enabled a greater explanation of the cultural history of this monument and aided the site phasing.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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