The Rediscovery of the Lost Hoard of Late Bronze Age Axes from Roxby, Lincs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8881733 |
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| Authors | Roderick J Harrison (0000-0003-3469-762X, corresponding author), Paul Craddock (0000-0002-0481-9238) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-244 |
| Publication date | 1979-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Antiquaries Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-5815 • E-ISSN: 1758-5309 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003581500079737 |
| OpenAlex | W2317712883 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
A hoard of eighteen bronze axes and three pieces of unwrought metal cake was discovered at Roxby, Lincs. in November 1882. After the sale of the pieces in 1931 all trace of the hoard was lost until it was identified in 1975 among the Wellcome Collection of prehistoric antiquities, which had been transferred to the Department of Prehistoric and Romano-British Antiquities of the British Museum. The hoard is fully described, illustrated and analysed by atomic absorption. It includes scrap axes as well as local ‘Yorkshire’ ones of the Late Bronze Age Heathery Burn Tradition, datable to the eighth/sixth centuries B.C., and was probably deposited towards the end of this period
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Bronze · Bronze Age · Dagger · Geography · Hoard · Period (music · Prehistory · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · History · Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts
| Highly cited | No |
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