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The Barnack Burial | Bronze Age Skeleton on Display in the British Museum
Here on display at the British Museum in London are the remains of a Bronze Age Burial – they were discovered When gravel quarrying threatened a Bronze Age barrow in 1974, and so a decision was made to excavate. The objects recovered were donated to the British Museum. The Barnack burial is an important early Bronze Age find. It comes from a complicated monument which was expanded and altered, on at least three occasions. The original burial was very rich for the period, but was covered by only a small barrow. Later additional burials and cremations were cut into the barrow, and it was enlarged twice. Probably at the same time, three concentric ditches were dug around the barrow. The final monument contained at least 23 bodies and had a diameter of 50 metres (160 ft). The primary burial The primary burial, here on display at the British Museum was of a man aged between 35 and 45. He died sometime between 2330 and 2130 BC. He was very robustly built and quite tall for the time: about 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m). He was suffering from slight arthritis. Marks on his bones, and those of the other people in the barrow, show that they were used to squatting. It is unknown if this was due to their work or just how they sat. His teeth had no disease but were well worn, showing he ate mainly a gritty diet of cereals.
- Published: 20 September 2021
- Location: London, England
- Duration: 3:22
- Photography – Stephen Robert Kuta / Yhana Kuta
- Written by – Stephen Robert Kuta
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Here on display at the British Museum in London are the remains of a Bronze Age Burial – they were discovered When gravel quarrying threatened a Bronze Age barrow in 1974, and so a decision was made to excavate. The objects recovered were donated to the British Museum. The Barnack burial is an important early Bronze Age find. It comes from a complicated monument which was expanded and altered, on at least three occasions. The original burial was very rich for the period, but was covered by only a small barrow. Later additional burials and cremations were cut into the barrow, and it was enlarged twice. Probably at the same time, three concentric ditches were dug around the barrow. The final monument contained at least 23 bodies and had a diameter of 50 metres (160 ft). The primary burial The primary burial, here on display at the British Museum was of a man aged between 35 and 45. He died sometime between 2330 and 2130 BC. He was very robustly built and quite tall for the time: about 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m). He was suffering from slight arthritis. Marks on his bones, and those of the other people in the barrow, show that they were used to squatting. It is unknown if this was due to their work or just how they sat. His teeth had no disease but were well worn, showing he ate mainly a gritty diet of cereals.
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