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THE CROW DOWN HOARD, LAMBOURN, WEST BERKSHIRE
Author(s) -
VARNDELL GILLIAN,
COE DUNCAN,
HEY GILL,
CANTI MATTHEW
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
oxford journal of archaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1468-0092
pISSN - 0262-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0092.2007.00285.x
Subject(s) - hoard , parallels , archaeology , context (archaeology) , bronze age , character (mathematics) , provenance , history , bronze , geography , geology , engineering , paleontology , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics
Summary. The discovery of a hoard of five middle Bronze Age gold objects during a metal‐detecting rally on the Lambourn Downs in 2004 precipitated an archaeological investigation into their character, provenance and context. This article describes the objects themselves, their composition, how they were made and their archaeological background. It also reports the result of forensic archaeological work undertaken on them. The parallels for the objects and the social context of their deposition are discussed.