Accession No
1950.159 B.3
Description
Fragment of human skull, cremated.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Suffolk; Lackford; Mill Heath
Period
Anglo Saxon
Source
Lethbridge, Thomas Charles [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1950.159 B.3; WDY 39 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Human bone
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Found in 1950.159 B.1.
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Context (Found together / assemblage)
Catalogue card has the following entry, which refers to all entries for 1950.159 B and also 1948.2476 and 1949.21: "All buried at the same time".
Event Date
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Context (Field collection)
Found: Pagan Saxon Cemetery
Event Date 1947
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Context (References)
Lethbridge, Thomas C. (1951). ‘A Cemetery at Lackford, Suffolk: Report of the Excavation of a Cemetery of the Pagan Anglo-Saxon Period in 1947.' Cambridge Antiquarian Society Quarto Publications, 6.
Event Date 1951
Author: Jazmin Hundal
Context (Found together / assemblage)
The excavation of WDY 39 was tentatively given in the Other Nos. field. Sue Anderson, Spoilheap Archaeology, confirms that this is the correct number and the field has been updated accordingly.
Event Date 2/1/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
Description (Physical description)
Fragment of human skull, cremated.
Event Date 1/10/2020
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff
FM:287934
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