ABSTRACT

Excavations in 2014–15 in the vicinity of Bucklow Hill revealed two clusters of cremated human remains, one focused on a ring-ditch, the other on a similar but destroyed monument. Ephemeral traces of earlier activity were found. A programme of radiocarbon dating revealed the earliest human remains in both clusters to be Early Bronze Age, with burial continuing episodically until the Middle Bronze Age. Environmental remains indicate the exploitation of wild plants and cultivation of hardy hulled wheats and barley in the Bronze Age. A group of probable early medieval inhumation graves were dug into the ring-ditch. As well as these graves, scattered medieval pits were also found; oats, barley and rye were grown during this period. These later remains are of significance as there is a dearth of comparable evidence from rural sites in the region and this contributes to the emerging understanding of the reuse of prehistoric funerary monuments in the English north midlands.

摘要

2014-15 年在巴克洛山附近的发掘发现了两簇火化的人类遗骸，一个集中在环形沟渠上，另一个集中在一座类似但被毁坏的纪念碑上。发现了早期活动的短暂痕迹。一项放射性碳测年程序显示，两个星团中最早的人类遗骸都是青铜时代早期，墓葬偶尔会持续到青铜时代中期。环境遗迹表明，在青铜时代，野生植物的开发和耐寒带壳小麦和大麦的种植。在环形沟中挖掘了一组可能是中世纪早期的土葬坟墓。除了这些坟墓，还发现了零星的中世纪坑。在此期间种植了燕麦、大麦和黑麦。