NHER 9401 (Find Spot record) - Bronze Age bone knife and human remains
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Summary
From this site a Bronze Age knife made from a deer bone was recovered during gravel quarrying. In the surrounding peat were pieces of human skull and other deer bones.
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Location
| Map sheet | TG10NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BAWBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
1975.
On peat spoil from gravel pit.
Knife made from ?deer cannon bone; blade similar to Bronze Age socketed knives.
See (S1, S2 and S3).
(in situ in peat were human cranium, bos and red deerbones - NCM) (NCM card).
See (S4).
E. Rose (NAU).
Associated Sources (8)
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 10 NE 41.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF2517 Serial: 1975. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin of Archaeological Discoveries for 1975. No 22. p 3.
- <S1> SNF79268 Illustration: Gregory, T.. 1975. Drawings of a Bronze Age knife made from a deer bone.. Card. 1:1.
- <S2> SNF91378 Illustration: Unknown. 1975. Drawings of a Bronze Age knife made from a deer bone.. Film. 1:1.
- <S3> SNF91377 Illustration: Unknown. Unknown. Drawing of two Bronze Age knives made out of deer bone, drawn for comparison reasons.. Paper. 1:1.
- <S4> SNF6601 Article in Serial: Kinnis, I.. 1979. [unknown]. Antiquaries Journal. Vol LVIII ii, p 367.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (2)
- KNIFE (Bronze Age - 2350 BC to 701 BC)
- HUMAN REMAINS (Unknown date)
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Record last edited
Jun 1 2016 10:45AM