Dawson, M. (1994). A Late Roman Cemetery at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire. Bedfordshire Archaeological Council. https://doi.org/10.5284/1106619. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 A Late Roman Cemetery at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire
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Series:		 Bedfordshire Archaeology Monograph Series
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Volume:		 1
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https://doi.org/10.5284/1106619
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Publication Type:		 Monograph (in Series)
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Abstract:		 The Roman settlement site was first discovered at Bletsoe in the 1930s and was quickly identified as the location of a Roman villa. Subsequent excavation in the late 1960s and early 1970s revealed little further evidence to substantiate a probable villa site but led to thei discovery of a late 4th century inhumation cemetery. Fifty six graves were excavated, the predominant rite was burial oriented NS with only a few inhumations accompanied by grave goods. Burials S11, 122 were accompanied by small items of personal ornament such as finger rings. Several inhumations were possibly in coffins evident now only from clenched nails found in the grave fills. One distinctive aspect of the cemetery was the presence of several graves in which the dead had been placed in stone lined graves or where stones had been used as rudimentary pillows. Artefact finds comprising coins and other fragmentary items established the date of the cemetery in the late 4th century AD.
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Author:		 Michael Dawson
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Publisher:		 Bedfordshire County Council, Planning Department Conservation and Archaeology Section
Bedfordshire Archaeological Council
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Other Person/Org:		 Council for British Archaeology, South Midlands Group (Responsible body)
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Year of Publication:		 1994
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ISBN:		 1 85351 174 9
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Location - Auto Detected: Bletsoe
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graves (Auto Detected Subject)
settlement (Auto Detected Subject)
nails (Auto Detected Subject)
Late Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
late 4th century AD (Auto Detected Temporal)
coins (Auto Detected Subject)
villa (Auto Detected Subject)
cemetery (Auto Detected Subject)
late 1960s (Auto Detected Temporal)
Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)
burial (Auto Detected Subject)
grave (Auto Detected Subject)
FUNERARY SITE (Monument Type England)
inhumation cemetery (Auto Detected Subject)
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Created Date:		 25 Apr 2023