McKinley, J. I. (2004). Archaeological investigations at The Bostle, Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon barrow cemeteries, Balsdean, East Sussex, 1997.. Sussex Archaeological Collections 142. Vol 142, pp. 25-44. https://doi.org/10.5284/1085580. Cite this via datacite

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Title:		 Archaeological investigations at The Bostle, Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon barrow cemeteries, Balsdean, East Sussex, 1997.
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Issue:		 Sussex Archaeological Collections 142
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Volume:		 142
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Page Start/End:		 25 - 44
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Abstract:		 In the summer of 1997, an archaeological monitoring programme by Wessex Archaeology during trenching along the route of a water pipeline from Falmer to Balsdean, culminated in an excavation at The Bostle adjacent to the scheduled Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon barrow cemetery. A small, mixed rite Bronze Age cemetery was excavated including four adult cremation burials, two of which were securely dated to the Early Bronze Age period, and five infant inhumation burials, one of which was radiocarbon dated to the Late Bronze Age. Four Saxon ring-ditches were excavated, three of which surrounded central graves containing the remains of inhumation burials. Evidence suggests that at least one of the latter was coffined and one shrouded. A radiocarbon date range of AD 640--879 was obtained from the coffined burial. The temporal and spatial extent of The Bostle cemeteries has been shown to be greater than was previously appreciated. The dating of the Bronze Age burials and implied temporal variation in rite carries interesting implications for the understanding of Bronze Age mortuary rites and how they may have reflected the society burying its dead at The Bostle. Includes
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Author:		 Jacqueline I McKinley
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Year of Publication:		 2004
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Mortuary (Auto Detected Subject)
FUNERARY SITE (Monument Type England)
Cremation Burials (Auto Detected Subject)
1997 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Anglosaxon Barrow (Auto Detected Subject)
Early Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
FUNERARY SITE (Monument Type England)
CEMETERY (Monument Type England)
Ad 640879 (Auto Detected Temporal)
Bronze Age (Auto Detected Temporal)
Cemeteries (Auto Detected Subject)
GRAVE (Monument Type England)
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Late Bronze Age Four Saxon (Auto Detected Temporal)
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Created Date:		 18 May 2006