David Williams. and Jackson, D. A. (1989). The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Wakerley, Northamptonshire: Excavations by Mr D Jackson, 1968-9. Northamptonshire Archaeology 22. Vol 22, pp. 69-178. https://doi.org/10.5284/1083184. Cite this via datacite
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The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Wakerley, Northamptonshire: Excavations by Mr D Jackson, 1968-9 | ||
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Northamptonshire Archaeology 22 | ||
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Northamptonshire Archaeology | ||
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69 - 178 | ||
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The excavation of the Anglo-Cemetery at Wakerley was undertaken between 1968 and 1969 by Mr Dennis Jackson for the Department of the Environment in advance of open-cast iron working. Eighty-five graves were excavated under difficult circumstances, the finds being conserved by the Department of the Environment. It was seen that the cemetery was laid out within a fairly short space of time, although a single period (eg plague) burial has been rejected in favour of a 6th- to early 7th-century date range, covering more than one generation. A group of later 7th-century graves, excavated after the 1968/69 seasons, has been discussed, but it must be stressed that this group was separate from the main cemetery. Grave goods were a mixture of cheap items such as small-long brooches or swastika brooches, with good quality square-headed and florid cruciform. Unusual items included a drinking horn; a lozenge-shaped mount, perhaps from a harness set; a complete example of a florid cruciform brooch of Leeds’ type Vj; and a runic inscription scratched on a square-headed brooch. Most pottery was of the plain domestic type with a very few decorated vessels. All the cultural indications suggested second generation settlers using a hybrid Anglo-Saxon grave furniture. Specialist reports were submitted on the pottery and the skeletal and textile remains. From the latter came evidence for a possible coloured pattern weave. Presence of Iron Age and Roman settlement and industry nearby was seen to have had a possible influence on the choice of Wakerley as a settlement. Nevertheless, no continuity could be ascertained between Roman and Saxon settlement or industry. | ||
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1989 | ||
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03 Nov 2020 |
