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Wiltshire Archaeol Natur Hist Mag 65
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Wiltshire Archaeol Natur Hist Mag 65
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The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine
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65
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1970
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Date Of Issue From: 1970
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05 Dec 2008
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The Giant's Caves, Luckington (WIL 2)
John X W P Corcoran
39 - 63
ST 820829. A long cairn with lateral chambers, which had been excavated in 1932, was examined further in 1960-62. A fourth chamber and a forecourt with remains of a blind entrance were found. The mound, trapezoidal in plan, was revetted by dry-stone walling. Apart from a large quantity of flint flakes, prehistoric remains consisted of a featureless Neolithic sherd and four sherds from a second prehistoric pot. The fourth chamber (D), although disturbed, was found to have been filled with human bones. There was evidence of disturbance in late RB times. Au(ab) Specialist appendices cover human and animal bones, Roman pottery and coins.
A round barrow on Greenland Farm, Winterbourne Stoke
Patricia M Christie
64 - 73
SU 099441. A ditchless mound, 67 ft in diameter, of undisturbed reddish brown soil - stiff and clayey in the centre - had been built over a large oval pit, a small circular pit and a small rectangular grave containing the unaccompanied cremations of two male adults. The mound was encircled by a ring of struck flints, including a number of distinguishable tool types, and two small deposits of Bronze Age pottery. Interesting data on the pre-barrow environment were obtained. Specialist appendices cover cremations and environmental data, and the date of construction suggested is 17th century BC. Au
Wessex and Mycenae: some evidence reviewed
Keith Branigan
89 - 107
Another Aegean prehistorian looks at the evidence for and against EBA contacts between Wessex and Mycenae, and finds the British exotic material far less isolated when considered in its European context. For instance, the proportions of our double-axes show very close similarity to their Aegean counterparts; two Cypriote weapons, together with the Pelynt sword fragment, lose much of their uncertainty when compared with European finds; and the Normanton ear-ring, not previously correctly identified, should be Minoan of 1600-1300 BC. The European pattern of these and other contemporary Aegean objects is quite consistent; it shows two phases, from 1750-1400 BC and from 1450-1200, but all the exotic objects could have arrived in Britain during the overlap phase, 1450-1400. Breton rock-carvings of weapons lend credibility to the Stonehenge dagger carvings (cf other evidence of Breton-Wessex connections). Not too much can be made of tree-ring-correlated 14C dates yet, and the faience bead sample is too small for reliable analysis.
An Iron Age promontory fort at Budbury, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire
Geoffrey Wainwright
108 - 166
ST 821611. A "burial mound" due to be destroyed by building development was in fact the last vestige of the rampart of a double-ditched promontory fort of EIA date. The remainder of the rampart - some 370 metres in length - had been totally destroyed by gardens and buildings. Within the rampart occurred the remains of a rectangular building 6m x 3m with an internal clay hearth. This building and its environs produced great quantities of EIA pottery together with domestic appliances and metal objects. Remains of RB, medieval and post-medieval date occurred in superficial deposits over the whole area of the excavation. Specialist appendices cover animal and bird bones, pottery, a louver and coins. Au
Clay tobacco pipes and pipe-makers of Salisbury, Wiltshire
D R Atkinson
177 - 189
The bowl-shape adopted, and the use of trademarks by the earliest Salisbury pipe-makers (mid-17th century) suggests a West Country origin (?Bristol). In later 17th century a distinctive Salisbury shape and marks were evolving, until a London style was adopted at about 1750. The industry declined as snuff-taking increased, and stopped altogether in 1870. Details are appended of all known Salisbury makers.