The Early Bronze Age Log Coffin Burials of Britain: The Origins and Development of a Burial Rite(s)
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Published:2023-09-08
Issue:
Volume:89
Page:51-81
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ISSN:0079-497X
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Container-title:Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Proc. Prehist. Soc.
Author:
JONES ANDY M.,GRIFFITHS SEREN,BRUNNING RICHARD
Abstract
This paper describes the results from a project to obtain radiocarbon determinations from Early Bronze Age log coffin burials. Log coffins have been recognised as a burial tradition since antiquarian excavations uncovered the first examples. However, comparatively few are associated with radiocarbon determinations and many old determinations are very imprecise. To address this, seven log coffin burials were identified across England, and 11 samples from these were submitted for radiocarbon dating. The dates from the project were reviewed with previously obtained reliable determinations to reconsider the origins and development of the log coffin burial by region. The resulting study indicates that the earliest log coffins were associated with Beaker burials but that regional variations involving different rites soon developed.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Geography, Planning and Development
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