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Before Sutton Hoo - 9780956874757
Un libro in lingua di Christopher Fern edito da David Brown Book Co, 2015
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In 2000, a second early Anglo-Saxon cemetery was found at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, 500m north of the famous royal burial-ground. The new burial-ground probably began as a ‘folk' cemetery where the rites of cremation and inhumation were practiced. Nevertheless, the findings suggest a wealthy local population in the period just prior to the founding of the mound cemetery at Sutton Hoo. A small Bronze Age barrow and part of an Iron Age field system were recorded. It is argued that these earthworks survived to at least the time of the Anglo-Saxon cemetery, and that they influenced its location and layout. Just over thirty early Anglo-Saxon graves were recorded, including thirteen weapon-burials. Grave-goods from the inhumation burials and a programme of radiocarbon dates for the cremation burials indicate that the majority date to the second half of the 6th century just as the earliest, ritually-related funerals started at Sutton Hoo. Ultimately, this raises the possibility of an ancestral connection between the buried populations of the two cemeteries. Thus, the findings present a key new episode for our understanding of the origins of Sutton Hoo, and potentially therefore of the kingdom of East Anglia and its dynasty.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Before Sutton Hoo
- Sottotitolo: The Prehistoric Remains and Early Anglo-saxon Cemetery at Tranmer House, Bromeswell, Suffolk
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Christopher Fern
- Editore: David Brown Book Co
- Collana: David Brown Book Co (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 31 Dicembre '15
- Genere: SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Pagine: 200
- ISBN-10: 0956874754
- EAN-13: 9780956874757