West Cansfield, D. and Thorpe, I. (2020). The ‘Brighton Bronze-Agers’: remnants of early 20th-century analysis of prehistoric human remains in the archaeological record. Sussex Archaeological Collections 158. Vol 158, Sussex Archaeological Society. pp. 23-38. https://doi.org/10.5284/1094241. Cite this via datacite

Title The title of the publication or report Title:	The ‘Brighton Bronze-Agers’: remnants of early 20th-century analysis of prehistoric human remains in the archaeological record
Issue The name of the volume or issue Issue:	Sussex Archaeological Collections 158
Series The series the publication or report is included in Series:	Sussex Archaeological Collections
Volume Volume number and part Volume:	158
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. Page Start/End:	23 - 38
DOI The DOI (digital object identifier) for the publication or report. DOI	https://doi.org/10.5284/1094241
Publication Type The type of publication - report, monograph, journal article or chapter from a book Publication Type:	Journal
Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report Abstract:	The Brighton and Hove Prehistoric Peoples Research Project reassessed Brighton’s collection of prehistoric human remains which includes chance finds made in the early 20th century from nine non-monumental locations around the city. Most of these were originally assessed by Sir Arthur Keith and Professor Frederick Gymer Parsons of the Royal College of Surgeons against a backdrop of the pervasive racialistic, Eurocentric views of human origins of the time. In the absence of any relative dating evidence from the burials, this anthropological framework largely determined the dating assigned to them, creating records which persisted until the reassessment nearly a century later. This comprised osteological analysis and radiocarbon dating and has enabled an in-depth comparison to be conducted with the original osteological results, producing similar estimations of biological sex but differences in both age estimations and pathologies observed. Furthermore, the radiocarbon dating has shown that these burials range from the earlier Bronze Age (circa 1900 BC) to the later Iron Age (circa 75 BC), rather than from the Neolithic to the earlier Iron Age, as had previously been believed and thus recorded. No obvious chronological or geographical spread is observed for the locations of this group of burials or their orientations. This proactive reassessment by the Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton and Hove, has highlighted the issue of enduring outdated records and has resulted, in this case, in considerably more detailed and accurate data about these burials now being available. This, in turn, will aid future research and interpretation and provide an exemplar of revisiting museum collections.
Author The authors of this publication or report Author:	Dawn West Cansfield I Thorpe
Publisher The publisher of the publication or report Publisher:	Sussex Archaeological Society
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published Year of Publication:	2020
Locations Any locations covered by the publication or report. This is not the place the book or report was published. Subjects / Periods:	RADIOCARBON DATING HUMAN OSTEOLOGY HUMAn REMAINS Early Bronze Age Late Bronze Age Early Iron Age Late Iron Age
Source Where the record has come from or which dataset it was orginally included in. Source:	ADS Archive (ADS Archive)
Created Date The date the record of the pubication was first entered Created Date:	26 May 2022