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Excavations on the Norwich Southern Bypass, 198991 Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Harford Farm, Markshall, Norfolk
The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Harford Farm consisted of two groups of late 7th-century inhumation burials surviving only as stains within a prehistoric barrow cemetery. Of the thirty-one graves grouped on a bluff overlooking the river, most contained either unaccompanied burials or burials with just knife and buckle; but three, all probably female, were lavishly equipped. The fifteen graves further south, loosely arranged around a prehistoric barrow, were mostly 'knife and buckle' burials, but one was more richly furnished. The character of the grave-goods and the manner of burial are typical of 'late or 'Final Phase cemeteries. Although similarity of grave-goods suggests that the two groups of graves were contemporary, there may have been some significant differences in burial rite, coffins predominating in one group and burials in the other group resting on mats of organic material.
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Excavations on the Norwich Southern Bypass, 198991 Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Harford Farm, Markshall, Norfolk
The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Harford Farm consisted of two groups of late 7th-century inhumation burials surviving only as stains within a prehistoric barrow cemetery. Of the thirty-one graves grouped on a bluff overlooking the river, most contained either unaccompanied burials or burials with just knife and buckle; but three, all probably female, were lavishly equipped. The fifteen graves further south, loosely arranged around a prehistoric barrow, were mostly 'knife and buckle' burials, but one was more richly furnished. The character of the grave-goods and the manner of burial are typical of 'late or 'Final Phase cemeteries. Although similarity of grave-goods suggests that the two groups of graves were contemporary, there may have been some significant differences in burial rite, coffins predominating in one group and burials in the other group resting on mats of organic material.
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Excavations on the Norwich Southern Bypass, 198991 Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Harford Farm, Markshall, Norfolk

Excavations on the Norwich Southern Bypass, 198991 Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Harford Farm, Markshall, Norfolk

by K. Penn
Excavations on the Norwich Southern Bypass, 198991 Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Harford Farm, Markshall, Norfolk

Excavations on the Norwich Southern Bypass, 198991 Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Harford Farm, Markshall, Norfolk

by K. Penn

Overview

The Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Harford Farm consisted of two groups of late 7th-century inhumation burials surviving only as stains within a prehistoric barrow cemetery. Of the thirty-one graves grouped on a bluff overlooking the river, most contained either unaccompanied burials or burials with just knife and buckle; but three, all probably female, were lavishly equipped. The fifteen graves further south, loosely arranged around a prehistoric barrow, were mostly 'knife and buckle' burials, but one was more richly furnished. The character of the grave-goods and the manner of burial are typical of 'late or 'Final Phase cemeteries. Although similarity of grave-goods suggests that the two groups of graves were contemporary, there may have been some significant differences in burial rite, coffins predominating in one group and burials in the other group resting on mats of organic material.

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ISBN-13: 9780905594309
Publisher: East Anglian Archaeology
Publication date: 01/14/2001
Series: East Anglian Archaeology Monograph , #92
Pages: 137
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.30(d)
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