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Folded, layered textiles from a Bronze Age pit pyre excavated from Over Barrow 2, Cambridgeshire, England.

Harris, S. (2015) Folded, layered textiles from a Bronze Age pit pyre excavated from Over Barrow 2, Cambridgeshire, England. In: Grömer, K. and Pritchard, F. (eds.) Aspects of the design, production and use of textiles and clothing from the Bronze Age to the early modern era : NESAT XII : the North European Symposium of Archaeological Textiles 21st-24th May in Hallstatt, Austria. Series: Archaeolingua Main Series (33). Archaeological Alapítvány: Budapest, pp. 73-82. ISBN 9789639911673

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Abstract

The textiles from Over Barrow, Cambridgeshire, England present the opportunity to examine the burial practices at the end of the Early Bronze Age. They were excavated from a pit pyre cremation along with cremated bone, a bone needle/pin and two small sherds of a collared urn. Preserved in charred clumps of multiple layers, they have the potential to provide clues as to how the textiles were used in the cremation, for example, whether they were used as clothing, shrouds or for other purpose such as binding strips. These possibilities raise a number of questions as to the role of textiles in Bronze Age cremation burials in the early second millennium BC in Britain.

Item Type:	Book Sections
Keywords:	Textile, archaeology, Bronze Age, early Bronze Age, England, weaving.
Status:	Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:	Harris, Dr Susanna
Authors:	Harris, S.
Subjects:	C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology
College/School:	College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Archaeology
Publisher:	Archaeological Alapítvány
ISBN:	9789639911673
Copyright Holders:	Copyright © 2015 The Author & Archaeolingua Foundation
First Published:	First published in Aspects of the design, production and use of textiles and clothing from the Bronze Age to the early modern era : NESAT XII : the North European Symposium of Archaeological Textiles 21st-24th May in Hallstatt, Austria 2015
Publisher Policy:	Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy
Related URLs:	University of Glasgow Library Catalogue

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Deposit and Record Details

ID Code:	119836
Depositing User:	Dr Susanna Harris
Datestamp:	03 Jun 2016 10:11
Last Modified:	11 Jul 2017 13:33
Date of acceptance:	11 March 2015
Date of first online publication:	July 2015
Date Deposited:	3 June 2016
Data Availability Statement:	No