Collapsing Commodities or Lavish Offerings? Understanding Massive Metalwork Deposition at <scp>L</scp>angton <scp>M</scp>atravers, Dorset During the <scp>B</scp>ronze <scp>A</scp>ge–<scp>I</scp>ron <scp>A</scp>ge Transition

Roberts, Benjamin W.; Boughton, Dorothee; Dinwiddy, Michael; Doshi, Nisha; Fitzpatrick, Andrew; Hook, Duncan; Meeks, Nigel; Mongiatti, Aude; Woodward, Ann; Woodward, Peter

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“…19; Roberts et al . 2015). This includes three sites in Yorkshire, although none is entirely unproblematic in terms of the dating.…”

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“…(Cronyn 1992, 184). There are a small number of iron objects that have been found primarily in southern and eastern England such as socketed axes, socketed spearheads, a rivet and a sword which, whilst frequently lacking archaeological contexts, appear to be typological imitations of Late Bronze Age-Earliest Iron Age forms (Collard et al 2006, Table 6, Fig 19;Roberts et al 2015). This includes three sites in Yorkshire, although none are entirely unproblematic in terms of the dating.…”

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On the Curious Date of the Rylstone Log-Coffin Burial

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Roberts

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Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-pro t purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. Rylstone coffin and textile were radiocarbon dated to confirm that the burial was Early Bronze Age and not an Early Medieval coffin inserted into an earlier funerary monument.Unexpectedly, the dates were neither Early Bronze Age nor Early Medieval but c. 800 BC, the cusp of the Bronze Age-Iron Age transition in Britain. The burial at Rylstone is, therefore, one of only two sites in Britain, and is unparalleled elsewhere in north-western Europe at a time when disposal of the dead was primarily through dispersed cremated or unburnt disarticulated remains.

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“…19; Roberts et al . 2015). This includes three sites in Yorkshire, although none is entirely unproblematic in terms of the dating.…”

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“…Large hoards of fullsized and miniature Armorican-type axeheads deposited as-cast in north-west France (and to a lesser extent in southern Britain), for instance, have been broadly interpreted as ingots rather than functional tools (Briard 1965: 241-82). However, the value of socketed axeheads was clearly changing at this time, with forms sometimes manufactured in iron and high tin-bronze alloys (Manning & Saunders 1972;Roberts et al 2015). Rather than functioning economically or as utilitarian items, many of these Earliest Iron Age axeheads appear to be symbolic tokens designed solely for consumptive depositional activities (Roberts et al 2015;Fontijn 2019: 98-103).…”

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Small socketed axeheads from northern Britain

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Knight,

Cowie

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In 2019 a miniature bronze socketed axehead was discovered near Morebattle, Scottish Borders. As such artefacts are rare finds in northern Britain, the opportunity has been taken to draw together the range of unusually small socketed axeheads recorded from Scotland and northern England, and to discuss them in their wider British context. For the first time, scientific techniques are applied to these objects, including optical microscopy, X-ray fluorescence analysis and computed X-radiography, to inform discussions of wear analysis, material composition, manufacture and chronology. The paper concludes with a discussion of the function and meaning of small socketed axeheads and their changing role over time. Canmore ID 25199 Canmore ID 55084 Canmore ID 69801 Canmore ID 11986

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“…The axe is extensively decorated and the blade has been removed following the pattern of the decoration (see Figure 5). Bluntness can be cautiously interpreted as a sign of use (an axe could be deposited without ever being sharpened -see for example axes from Langton Matravers (Roberts et al 2015)), especially if observed in conjunction with other indicators. Sharpness, however, cannot be interpreted as a sign of no use as it is more than possible to re-sharped a blade, following use and erase earlier use marks.…”

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Examining the British and Irish Early Bronze Age flat axes of the Greenwell Collection at the British Museum

Crellin

2018

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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This paper presents the results of metalwork wear-analysis carried out on British and Irish Early Bronze Age copper and copper-alloy flat axes from the collection of Rev. Greenwell (1820-1918) held at the British Museum. Greenwell was a prolific and well-known British antiquarian; part of his collection was sold to John Pierpont Morgan who donated the axes to the museum in 1908. This paper focuses on the copper and copper-alloy flat axes from within this collection, which date to c. 2500-1700 cal BC and are the earliest form of metal axe in Britain and Ireland. The 38 axes are drawn from across Britain and Ireland, and whilst the contextual information associated with them is not complete this paper shows that there is still much we can learn from these objects using metalwork wear-analysis. In addition, some methodological insights are drawn from this analysis: in particular the paper advocates for more detailed recording of corrosion and specific recording of wear marks to the butts of axes. Highlights • This paper presents the results of metalwork wear-analysis carried out on copper and copper-alloy flat axes from Britain and Ireland held by the British Museum as part of the Greenwell Collection • It argues for the recording of additional data during metalwork wear-analysis regarding corrosion which can allow practitioners to interpret information regarding hafting. • At present, it is standard to observe wear on the blades of axes, however, this paper argues that analysis of the butt can also be informative • The paper demonstrates that the majority of axes deposited at this time were used but that the nature of that use was varied. Many axes were deposited whilst still suitable for use and some were even sharpened prior to deposition. • The paper also reveals some specific histories of different axes that were combined in hoards and indicates the potential for further research focused on hoarding in the Early Bronze Age.

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Collapsing Commodities or Lavish Offerings? Understanding Massive Metalwork Deposition at Langton Matravers, Dorset During the Bronze Age–Iron Age Transition

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On the Curious Date of the Rylstone Log-Coffin Burial

On the Curious Date of the Rylstone Log-Coffin Burial

Small socketed axeheads from northern Britain

Examining the British and Irish Early Bronze Age flat axes of the Greenwell Collection at the British Museum

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