BETWEEN 2005 AND 2007, a large Anglo-Saxon cemetery was excavated at Street House, near Loftus in Cleveland in north-eastern England. The site was discovered during a programme of research into late-prehistoric settlement in the area and hosts a range of monuments dating from 3000 bc to ad 650. In the context of the conversion period, the Anglo-Saxon cemetery is of significant interest due to a range of reused prehistoric and Romano-British objects found as gravegoods. By ad 650, when some of the objects were buried, they were already antiques, and some may have been at least 250 years old when deposited. During the conversion period, furnished burial was a diminishing rite and the placement of objects within the grave may therefore have held a greater significance. This study considers reused artefacts recovered from conversion -period cemeteries. At a time when a number of cemeteries were being founded in relation to earlier monuments, some contained burials that reused artefacts and jewellery of prehistoric and Romano-British date. There is a compelling pattern for this practice at Street House, but this phenomenon also occurred at other sites of a similar date.

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转换时期墓地中“古董”的再利用

2005 年至 2007 年间，在英格兰东北部克利夫兰洛夫特斯附近的 Street House 挖掘了一座大型盎格鲁撒克逊墓地。该遗址是在该地区史前晚期定居点研究计划中发现的，拥有一系列可追溯到公元前 3000 年至公元 650 年的纪念碑。在转换时期，盎格鲁-撒克逊墓地具有重要意义，因为一系列重复使用的史前和罗马-英国物品被发现为墓地物品。到公元 650 年，当一些物品被埋葬时，它们已经是古董，有些在存放时可能至少有 250 年的历史。在转换期间，带家具的葬礼是一种逐渐减少的仪式，因此在坟墓中放置物品可能具有更大的意义。本研究考虑了从转换时期墓地中回收的重复使用的人工制品。在许多与早期纪念碑相关的墓地被建立的时候，一些墓地包含重复使用史前和罗马-英国时期的手工艺品和珠宝的墓地。Street House 的这种做法有一个令人信服的模式，但这种现象也发生在类似日期的其他地点。