ABSTRACT

The site of a Beaker burial excavated in Levens Park, Cumbria was published by David Sturdy in 1972 as that of a farmstead or place for the living altered into a ring cairn or place for the dead. However, the recent discovery of the excavation archive and contemporary correspondence reveals a far more complex monument than previously understood. We draw attention to a series of important omissions from the excavation report, provide a detailed account of the excavated monument and seek to create a new narrative regarding its development and purpose. We argue that the monument was built as a series of changing structures and demonstrates the idea of monuments in progress and, thereby, the creation of communal memory and identity. The absence of a full report of this excavation means that its wider significance has remained unknown. It represents one of the earliest examples of what Sturdy called ‘rescue archaeology’ and demonstrates a complex sequence of structural components and burial that contributes to our understanding of the Early Bronze Age. The broader archaeological appraisal of Levens Park, which provided the context for this excavation, represents one of the earlier examples of landscape archaeological survey in Britain.

摘要

在坎布里亚郡莱文斯公园挖掘出的烧杯墓地遗址由大卫·斯图迪 (David Sturdy) 于 1972 年出版，该遗址将农庄或活人之地改造成环形石堆或死者之地。然而，最近对挖掘档案和当代通信的发现揭示了一个比以前理解的要复杂得多的纪念碑。我们提请注意挖掘报告中的一系列重要遗漏，详细描述挖掘出的纪念碑，并寻求对其发展和目的进行新的叙述。我们认为纪念碑是作为一系列不断变化的结构建造的，并展示了正在进行的纪念碑的想法，从而创造了公共记忆和身份。没有关于这次发掘的完整报告意味着其更广泛的意义仍然未知。它代表了 Sturdy 所谓的“救援考古学”的最早例子之一，并展示了一系列复杂的结构组件和墓葬，有助于我们了解早期青铜时代。Levens Park 的更广泛考古评估为此次发掘提供了背景，代表了英国早期景观考古调查的例子之一。