Description

Summary: 2 amber pendant beads and one fragment found with a primary (?) inhumation in bowl barrow Wilsford G50a, excavated by Rev. Edward Duke.

Research results

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.

Three amber pendants found with a Bronze Age primary inhumation in bowl barrow Wilsford G47, G49 or G50a, excavated by the Rev. Edward Duke. These amber pendants come from one of a number of barrows opened in 1806, probably G50a, however their association is uncertain. They may have come from the same grave as an amber spacer necklace and a series of gold discs now in the Birtish Museum, however the angle of their perforations suggests that they would not have formed part of the necklace if so.