A first "Wessex 1" date from Wessex

• Autores: Stuart Needham, Mike Parker Pearson, Alan Tyler, Mike Richards, Mandy Jay
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 84, Nº 324, 2010, págs. 363-373
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The furnished barrow burials of Wessex represent a maturation of the Beaker rite during the Early Bronze Age in Britain. Many of these burials were unearthed centuries ago, when archaeology was at its most eager and insouciant, but - happily for us - there were often a few careful recorders on hand. Thanks to their records, the modern scientists engaged in the Beaker People Project can still follow the trail back to a museum specimen and obtain high precision dates - as in the case of the "Wessex 1" grave from West Overton in Wessex reported here.