Overview

British Bronze Age artefacts made from copper, bronze, gold, flint, jet and shale are renowned throughout Europe for their beauty and exquisite craftsmanship. In England and Wales, many new discoveries are made each year by members of the public and recorded with the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme. Recent nationally important finds include the gold lunula from Tarrant Valley (Dorset) and the gold and silver striped penannular ring from Havant (Hampshire). The metalwork hoard from Boughton Malherbe (Kent) is the third largest metalwork hoard ever discovered in Britain. Here, Dot Boughton investigates finds and hoards discovered over the last twenty years and uses them to discuss the development of the different Bronze Age weapon, tool, vessel and ornament types from their humble origins to their individual peaks in the Early, Middle and Late Bronze Age.

Full Product Details

9781445682013

Table of Contents

Reviews

'Dot Boughton’s selection of 50 finds should prove more than enough to tempt buyers and readers of her book to hope that their future discoveries include examples of the material culture of that distant period in human history.' -- Current Archaeology Magazine, September 2024

Author Information

Dot Boughton is Finds Liaison Officer for Lancashire and Cumbria for the Portable Antiquities Scheme.

Tab Content 6

Countries Available