Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 41

A recent find of a handaxe from near Christchurch and a group found 25 years ago at Corfe Mullen should probably be classed as Early Acheulian. Their likely context in the British sequence is outlined. Au(abr)

TQ 510037. The barrow, one of only 12 certain burial structures of 3rd millennium date in Sussex, was totally excavated before ploughing finally obliterated it, and found to consist of a simple dump mound derived from material out of flanking ditches. It covered a single burial pit containing the crouched skeleton of a young female. Flint artefacts (mainly scrapers) and a very little Neolithic pottery, together with other material from field survey, are catalogued, and details of geology, human bones, animal bones, mollusca and flotation results are appended. Post-Neolithic activity of the area is recorded. Au(adp)

The likelihood of regular Mycenaean trade with continental Europe is tested by means of the evidence of bronze implements used in agriculture, woodworking, metallurgy etc, including knives and double axes but excluding ornaments and weaponry. The evidence for contact thus revealed is neither extensive nor conclusive. Few Aegean tool types were traded or imitated abroad; those that may have reached distant areas include "knives" (?actually toilet articles) and a winged axe mould. However, the sum of derivable chronological evidence is important for dating the entire European LBA; in particular the Protovillanovan period must have begun by 1200 BC at latest. See also abstract 76/3596.

First full publication of a hoard, found about 1803, which consists of many elements of horse gear of 1st-century AD.