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Two Beaker Burials from Chilbolton, Hampshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

Andrew D. Russel ,
W. A. Boismier ,
A. Foxon ,
F. J. Green ,
Anne Stirland  and
Diane Williams
Andrew D. Russel
Affiliation:
63 Highfield Cresc., Southampton SO2 1SG
W. A. Boismier
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
A. Foxon
Affiliation:
Town Docks Museum, Queen Victoria Sq., Hull HU1 3DX
F. J. Green
Affiliation:
Test Valley Archaeological Trust, Orchard House, Orchard Lane, Romsey, Hampshire SO51 8DP
Anne Stirland
Affiliation:
Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Sq., London WC1
Diane Williams
Affiliation:
School of History and Archaeology, University of Wales College of Cardiff, PO Box 909, Cardiff CF1 3XU
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Abstract

The stripping, for commercial purposes, of an area of chalk downland near Leckford, Hants., led to the excavation of a small ring ditch containing the remains of two male inhumations. The earlier, 3740±80 BP uncal., buried in a mortuary chamber, was accompanied by a bell-shaped beaker of early type (with European or Wessex/Middle Rhine affinities), an antler spatula, two pairs of gold earrings, a gold tubular bead, 55 stone beads, a copper dagger, a flint strike-a-light, a marcasite nodule and a number of flint tools and flakes. The second burial, 3780±80 BP uncal., interred shortly after the first in the same grave, was accompanied by a finger-nail decorated beaker and two flint flakes.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 56 , 1990 , pp. 153 - 172
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1990

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