Bayer, O. J., Simmonds, A. and Welsh, K. (2017). Excavation of an Early Bronze Age Round Barrow at Emmets Post, Shaugh Prior, Dartmoor. Oxford: Oxford Archaeology. https://doi.org/10.5284/1053103. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 Excavation of an Early Bronze Age Round Barrow at Emmets Post, Shaugh Prior, Dartmoor
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Abstract:		 Oxford Archaeology carried out an excavation of an early Bronze Age barrow at Emmets Post, Dartmoor in advance of its destruction by quarrying. The investigation elucidated the sequence of construction of the monument, which comprised a primary turf mound and a central cairn that were subsequently buried beneath a larger secondary turf mound with a stone kerb. No human remains were found, although this is not unusual on Dartmoor, where unburnt bone does not survive due to acidity of the soil, and in any case any remains may have been removed by an unrecorded antiquarian investigation that had left a substantial depression in the middle of the barrow. A comprehensive radiocarbon dating programme yielded a wide range of dates, some of which clearly derived from older material that had been incidentally incorporated within the turves of which the mound was constructed. Some of this older charcoal may have derived from deliberate burning of the turf sward to improve grazing, or result from a wildfire, several centuries before the turves were cut to construct the mound. A date of 1750-1560 cal BC obtained for a sample from the central area of the barrow may represent the true date of construction, since it corresponds with dates from barrows in nearby cemeteries at Headon Down and Shaugh Moor. The surrounding landscape had been largely destroyed by modern quarrying but a combination of present-day Lidar data and contour data from historic maps were used to reconstruct the pre-quarry topography and place the monument in its contemporary landscape.
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Author:		 Olaf J Bayer ORCID icon
Andrew Simmonds
K Welsh
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Publisher:		 Oxford Archaeology
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Other Person/Org:		 Historic England (OASIS Reviewer)
Devon Historic Environment Record (OASIS Reviewer)
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Year of Publication:		 2017
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Site: Emmet's Post
County: Devon
District: South Hams
Parish: SHAUGH PRIOR
Country: England
Grid Reference: 256780, 63200 (Easting, Northing)
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BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) FLINT (Find)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) SHERD (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) WORKED OBJECT (Object England)
BRONZE AGE (Historic England Periods) ROUND BARROW (Monument Type England)
EXCAVATION (Event)
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OASIS Id: oxfordar1-284136
OBIB: Proceedings of the Devon Archaeological Society
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Note:		 Forthcoming journal article
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Created Date:		 17 Jun 2019