Sheridan, A. et al. (2016) The composite braided hair armband or bracelet. In: Jones, A. M. (ed.) Preserved in the Peat: an Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its Wider Context. Oxbow: Oxford, pp. 75-87. ISBN 9781785702600
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Abstract
A preserved braid was found in an Early Bronze Age cist burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor. The incomplete (but probably nearly complete) remains of a braided band made of hair adorned with metal studs were initially spotted during preliminary inspection of the cist’s contents. A fragment around 185mm long, curved back on itself and forming an uneven and truncated oval shape around 80mm long – echoing the band’s original shape – was found lying in the exposed interior of the basketry container close to its base and on the side facing towards the bottom of the cist.
| Item Type: | Book Sections |
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| Keywords: | Archaeology, Bronze Age, early Bronze Age, prehistory, textile, jewellery, bracelet, braid, animal hair, cow, tin. |
| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Harris, Dr Susanna |
| Authors: | Sheridan, A., Cameron, E., Cartwright, C., Davis, M., Dunster, J., Harris, S., Hurcombe, L., Inglis, J., Mould, Q., Solazzo, C., and Williams, H. |
| Subjects: | C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology |
| College/School: | College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Archaeology |
| Publisher: | Oxbow |
| ISBN: | 9781785702600 |
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