Yates, A., Holmes, M., Wolframm-Murray, Y. and Chapman, A. (2012). A Middle Neolithic enclosure and mortuary deposit at Banbury Lane, Northampton: an interim report. Northamptonshire Archaeology 37. Vol 37, pp. 19-28. https://doi.org/10.5284/1083404. Cite this via datacite
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A Middle Neolithic enclosure and mortuary deposit at Banbury Lane, Northampton: an interim report | ||||||
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Northamptonshire Archaeology 37 | ||||||
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Northamptonshire Archaeology | ||||||
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19 - 28 | ||||||
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A triple-ditched circular enclosure, 23m in diameter with a central space 7.8m in diameter, was excavated in advance of new housing. The outer two ditches had single entrances to the north-west. A possible narrow entrance through the inner ditch had been blocked by an elongated pit, which was packed from bottom to top with a dense mass of disarticulated human bone, from perhaps 130 individuals. Only selected bones, particularly the femur with lesser quantities of the other major limb bones, had been collected for deposition in the pit. Fragments of skull are present in some quantity but vertebra and ribs are rare, and there are no hand or foot bones. Initial examination of the bone has recorded the presence of frequent lesions around the major limb joints, suggesting that the deposited material may have come from partially decayed corpses that had been forcibly dismembered to separate the major long bone joints. However, it will require much further analysis before the full story of the burial rite and the treatment of the individuals will be more fully understood. Initial radiocarbon dates indicate that the bone deposit was the product of a single event occurring in the Middle Neolithic (3360-3100 cal BC), although a more extensive programme of dating will be needed to establish the chronology of the whole monument in relation to the mortuary deposit. | ||||||
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2012 | ||||||
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03 Nov 2020 |
