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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
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The Staffordshire Hoard is one of the great discoveries ofBritish archaeology, an unparalleled treasure of the early Anglo-Saxon period.Chanced upon in summer 2009, in an ordinary field north of Birmingham, itshundreds of objects of the 6th to 7th centuries AD amount to a total of 4kg ofgold and 1.7kg of silver. An archaeological excavation at the site was followedby a dedicated research project to understand why this trove of warriors andkings was buried, and what part it had played in the bloody cauldron ofconflict that shaped early England. This book is an accessible account of the StaffordshireHoard project and its findings. It tells of the discovery of the Hoard, thefundraising campaign to save it for the nation, and the scientific methods usedto study it. Its many extraordinary objects are described in detail andlavishly illustrated: hundreds of gold, garnet and silver weapon fittings,unique sacred objects, Christian crosses, one magnificent helmet and more. Thebook also provides information on the places, people and events that place thisremarkable find in context, with sections on the kingdom of Mercia and itsneighbours, Anglo-Saxon warfare, religion, craft techniques and comparablearchaeological sites.
Del 24 - Cotswold Archaeology Monograph
Burnt Mounds and the Bronze Age Exploitation of the Suffolk Claylands
Excavations at Fornham All Saints (Marham Park), Laxfield and Hepworth
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
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This volume focuses on remains of the Beaker period to Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age (c. 2400–350 BC) from three multi-period developer-funded excavations on the clay uplands of Suffolk, within which four burnt mounds were investigated. The sites were excavated by Cotswold Archaeology (CA) and Suffolk Archaeology Community Interest Company (CIC) (now Cotswold Archaeology). At Marham Park (Fornham All Saints), overlooking the valley of the River Lark, features included a Beaker period burnt mound complex, a Beaker roundhouse, Beaker pits, an Early Bronze Age burnt mound complex, Middle Bronze Age field systems/enclosures and probable Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age land division boundaries. At Laxfield, above a tributary of the River Blyth, a burnt mound site of earlier Bronze Age date was located in the vicinity of subsequent Middle Bronze Age enclosures. At Hepworth, a fragmentary Beaker period/Early Bronze Age burnt mound site was recorded on higher land above tributaries of the River Dove.