Description

Summary: 1 bronze knife-dagger with 3 rivets (one missing) found with a primary male inhumation in the bronze age bowl barrow, Amesbury G56, excavated by William Cunnington

Research results

A Bronze Age copper alloy dagger blade found by William Cunnington when he excavated the primary inhumation of Bowl Barrow Amesbury G56. The male burial was found extended, lying on its back, with a polished, banded, hammerstone by his head and this dagger under its left hand.

This object was examined as part of the research published in Ritual in Early Bronze Age Grave Goods; a six-year research project carried out by Professor John Hunter and Dr Anne Woodward and funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Aided by a large number of other specialists the pair undertood an exhuastive study examining over 1000 objects held in 13 museums across the country in order to provide an extensive overview of burial practices in the period and identify regional practices.