The Iron Age Mirror Burial at Pegsdon, Shillington, Bedfordshire: An Interim Account

Autor:	Mansel Spratling, Vincent Megaw, Gilbert Burleigh, Helen Ashworth
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Archeology History Geography Visual Arts and Performing Arts Iron Age Excavation Context (language use) Pottery Archaeology Late iron age
Zdroj:	The Antiquaries Journal. 87:109-140
ISSN:	1758-5309 0003-5815
Popis:	In November 2000 metal detectorists located a decorated copper-alloy mirror, a single silverKnotenfibelbrooch and some pottery sherds at Pegsdon, Shillington, Bedfordshire. Subsequent excavation of the findspot uncovered a Late Iron Age cremation burial pit associated with further pot sherds and a single fragment of calcined bone. The opportunity is taken in this preliminary account to revisit both the occurrence in southern England of the brooch type and to discuss the mirror's decoration in relation to the variation of views as to the British mirror series as a whole, and in particular with regard to other recent mirror discoveries. The burial is discussed in its local context and the possible significance of the topography in relation to the site is highlighted.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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