On the beach: new discoveries at Harlyn Bay, Cornwall
Andy M. Jones, Jane Marley, Henrietta Quinnell, Steve Hartgroves, 2010. https://doi.org/10.5284/1000384. How to cite using this DOI
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Introduction
In 1990 a stone covered pit containing a Trevisker Ware vessel was eroding from the cliffs at Harlyn Bay and excavated. The vessel contained cremated bone from several individuals with some animal bone, quartz pebbles and a small bronze pendant. A radiocarbon date on the cremated bone fell between 2120-1880 cal BC and is a valuable addition to the small number of securely dated Early Bronze Age burials in Cornwall with a metalwork association. This early date also makes a major contribution to the debate on the sequence of Trevisker Ware as the vessel, of gabbroic clay, has a band of incised chevron decoration, thus demonstrating that incised decoration as well as cord impressed could occur at an early date. Lipid residue analysis showed traces of ruminant dairy fat.
