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Excavations at Cliffs End Farm, Thanet, Kent, undertaken in 2004/5 uncovered a dense area of archaeological remains including Bronze Age barrows and enclosures, and a large prehistoric mortuary feature, as well as a small early 6th to late 7th century Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery. An extraordinary series of human and animal remains were recovered from the Late Bronze AgeMiddle Iron Age mortuary feature, revealing a wealth of evidence for mortuary rites including exposure, excarnation and curation. The site seems to have been largely abandoned in the later Iron Age and very little Romano-British activity was identified. In the early 6th century a small inhumation cemetery was established. Very little human bone survived within the 21 graves, where the burial environment differed from that within the prehistoric mortuary feature, but grave goods indicatefemales' and males' were buried here. Richly furnished graves included that of a female' buried with a necklace, a pair of brooches

Cliffs End Farm Isle of Thanet Kent A Mortuary and Ritual Site of the Bronze Age Iron Age and AngloSaxon Period with Evidence for LongDistance Maritime Mobility 31 Wessex Archaeology Reports

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    Publisher: Wessex Archaeology
    Publication Date: 2/5/2015
    ISBN13: 9781874350705, 978-1874350705
    ISBN10: 1874350701

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    Excavations at Cliffs End Farm, Thanet, Kent, undertaken in 2004/5 uncovered a dense area of archaeological remains including Bronze Age barrows and enclosures, and a large prehistoric mortuary feature, as well as a small early 6th to late 7th century Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery. An extraordinary series of human and animal remains were recovered from the Late Bronze AgeMiddle Iron Age mortuary feature, revealing a wealth of evidence for mortuary rites including exposure, excarnation and curation. The site seems to have been largely abandoned in the later Iron Age and very little Romano-British activity was identified. In the early 6th century a small inhumation cemetery was established. Very little human bone survived within the 21 graves, where the burial environment differed from that within the prehistoric mortuary feature, but grave goods indicatefemales' and males' were buried here. Richly furnished graves included that of a female' buried with a necklace, a pair of brooches

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