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Age BP | OxA-1338 (4930 ±90) | |
Site | 3A Causewayed enclosure ( / Great Britain and Ireland / Great Britain and Ireland ) | |
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Latitude | 51.8784 | |
Longitude | -5.2920 | |
Contact | N Sharples | |
Period | Neolithic | |
References | Archaeometry, 30, 1988, 295-6; Sharples N, 'Maiden Castle: excavations and field survey 1985-6' (= Engl Heritage Archaeol Rep, 19), 1991, 102-5 | |
Comments | CL underlying Iron Age hillfort Bone, id as human femur, from outer enclosure ditch, primary fill, context 324 (Trench II, 2011) at Maiden Castle, Dorset, England. Subm N Sharples 1986. Comment (lab): see refs below; (subm): this and others from this group, with human bones significantly earlier than the animal bones, support view that fresh animal remains were incorporated with earlier human burials before deliberate infilling; and see refs below. | |
