Abstract This paper presents the results of the re-analysis and dating of skeletal material from two Early Bronze Age barrows in the east of Yorkshire, which contained log coffin burials. Towthorpe 139, which was investigated in the nineteenth century by the antiquarian JR Mortimer and Willie Howe, Cowlam which was excavated by TCM Brewster in the 1960s. Analysis of the human remains from Towthorpe revealed that the inhumed body was that of an adult male and the cremated remains, which were found in the mound above the log coffin burial were of a young person. Those from Willie Howe were of an adult male who had suffered a blow to the head. Not enough of the Towthorpe burials survived to obtain radiocarbon dates; however, two determinations were obtained on the skeleton from Willie Howe. These dates have revealed that the human remains date to the period ca. 2200–2000 cal BC.

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最近对来自约克郡的两座木棺墓葬进行放射性碳测年和骨骼分析：Willie Howe 和 Towthorpe 139

摘要 本文介绍了对约克郡东部两辆青铜时代早期手推车的骨骼材料进行重新分析和测年的结果，这些手推车包含原木棺材墓葬。Towthorpe 139，19世纪由古物学家JR Mortimer和Willie Howe调查，Cowlam于1960年代由TCM Brewster发掘。对托索普人类遗骸的分析表明，被挖出的尸体是一名成年男性，而在木棺墓葬上方的土堆中发现的火化遗骸是一名年轻人。威利豪 (Willie Howe) 的那些是一名头部受过重击的成年男性。幸存下来的 Tothhorpe 墓葬不足以获得放射性碳日期；然而，在 Willie Howe 的骨架上获得了两个测定结果。这些日期表明，人类遗骸可以追溯到大约时期。2200–2000 cal BC。