Before Sutton Hoo : the prehistoric remains and early Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Tranmer House, Bromeswell, Suffolk /
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| Author / Creator: | Fern, Christopher, J.R., author. |
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| Imprint: | Bury St. Edmunds [England] : Suffolk County Council, [2015] |
| Description: | xiv, 244 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | East Anglian archaeology ; Report No. 155 East Anglian archaeology ; rept. no. 155. |
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| Format: | Map Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10337111 |
| Summary: | 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 program 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 244 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 31 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780956874757 0956874754 |
