Gilmour, N. and Loe, L. (2015). A Mesolithic cremation-related deposit from Langford, Essex, England. Mesolithic Miscellany 23 (2). Vol 23(2), pp. 55-57.

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Title:		 A Mesolithic cremation-related deposit from Langford, Essex, England
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Subtitle:		 a first for the British Mesolithic
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Issue:		 Mesolithic Miscellany 23 (2)
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Series:		 Mesolithic Miscellany
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Volume:		 23 (2)
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Number of Pages:		 65
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Page Start/End:		 55 - 57
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Publication Type:		 Journal
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Abstract:		 In 2014 excavations were undertaken by Oxford Archaeology East in advance of a pipeline in Essex, revealing archaeology dating from most periods between the Mesolithic and modern. This short article is concerned with the discovery of a Mesolithic pit containing cremated remains, within an area of mainly Early Saxon archaeology close to the village of Langford. Bone and charcoal samples from the pit were radiocarbon dated to the mid-6th millennium BC, and three struck flints recovered from the pit were also compatible with a Mesolithic date. The material appears to represent redeposited pyre debris -- material remaining at the end of a cremation that was not collected with the rest of the bone for formal 'burial' -- and constitutes the first positively identified cremated human remains from the Mesolithic in Britain. LD
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Author:		 Nick Gilmour
Louise Loe
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Year of Publication:		 2015
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Cremation (Auto Detected Subject)
Radiocarbon (Auto Detected Subject)
FUNERARY SITE (Monument Type England)
Cremated Remains (Auto Detected Subject)
PIT (Monument Type England)
Cremated Human Remains (Auto Detected Subject)
Flints (Auto Detected Subject)
EARLY MEDIEVAL (Historic England Periods)
Bone (Auto Detected Subject)
MESOLITHIC (Historic England Periods)
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Charcoal (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 28 Sep 2015