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Bromfield, Shropshire — Neolithic, Beaker and Bronze Age sites, 1966–79

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 May 2014

S. C. Stanford ,
Justine Bayley ,
Susan M. Colledge  and
Robin Holgate
S. C. Stanford
Affiliation:
Department of Extramural Studies, University of Birmingham
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Abstract

This report describes Neolithic pottery dated 2730 bc and Beaker pottery found in apparently domestic contexts; and many Bronze Age funerary features. The latter begin with two food-vessel cremations and include two barrows about one of which were ten cremation graves. Close by were another 140 cremation graves, many yielding Deverel-Rimbury pottery. Carbon-14 dates indicate the use of this cemetery between 1556 bc and 762 bc.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , 1982 , pp. 279 - 320
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1982

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