The Lockington Gold Hoard
An Early Bronze Age Barrow Cemetery at Lockington, Leicestershire
Gwilym Hughes(Author)
Oxbow Books (Publisher)
Published on 1. December 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-84217-017-5 (ISBN)
Description
This report details the results of excavations within an early Bronze Age barrow cemetery in 1994. The barrow provided a rare opportunity for examining in detail Bronze Age funerary practices and associated ritual activity in a lowland context in the English Midlands. In addition, a rich group of metalwork finds was discovered - two gold armlets and a copper dagger. The evidence at Lockington poses some interesting questions - why were there grazing animals in the palisaded enclosure immediately before the construction of the mound? and why was there no body with the deposit? The authors offer answers to these questions and discuss the barrow in a regional context.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
37 b/w figs, 6 tbs, 20 b/w and col pls
ISBN-13
978-1-84217-017-5 (9781842170175)
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Content
Introduction
The excavation
The gold and copper metalwork (Stuart Needham)
The prehistoric pottery (Ann Woodward)
The flint (Rob Young and Lynne Bevan)
The cup marked stones (Gwilym Hughes)
The charred plant remains (Lisa Moffett and Angela Monckton)
The pollen remains (James Greig)
The buried soil and mound materials (Susan Limbrey)
The soil phosphate analysis (A.G. Moss)
Charcoal identification (Rowena Gale)
Discussion
Bibliography
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3
The excavation
The gold and copper metalwork (Stuart Needham)
The prehistoric pottery (Ann Woodward)
The flint (Rob Young and Lynne Bevan)
The cup marked stones (Gwilym Hughes)
The charred plant remains (Lisa Moffett and Angela Monckton)
The pollen remains (James Greig)
The buried soil and mound materials (Susan Limbrey)
The soil phosphate analysis (A.G. Moss)
Charcoal identification (Rowena Gale)
Discussion
Bibliography
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Appendix 3