| 50 Bronze Age Finds: From the Portable Antiquities Scheme Contributor(s): Boughton, Dot (Author) |
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ISBN: 144568201X ISBN-13: 9781445682013 Publisher: Amberley Publishing OUR PRICE: $23.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2022 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Archaeology - History | Ancient - General |
| Physical Information: 96 pages |
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| Publisher Description: British Bronze Age artefacts made from copper, bronze, gold, flint, jet and shale are renowned throughout Europe for their beauty and exquisite craftsmanship. In England and Wales, many new discoveries are made each year by members of the public and recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme. Recent nationally important finds include the gold lunula from Tarrant Valley (Dorset) and the gold and silver striped penannular ring from Havant (Hampshire). The metalwork hoard from Boughton Malherbe (Kent) is the third largest metalwork hoard ever discovered in Britain. Here, Dot Boughton investigates finds and hoards discovered over the last twenty years and uses them to discuss the development of the different Bronze Age weapon, tool, vessel and ornament types from their humble origins to their individual peaks in the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Age. |
Contributor Bio(s): Boughton, Dot: - Dot Boughton is Finds Liaison Officer for Lancashire and Cumbria for the Portable Antiquities Scheme. |