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Segmented bead from Stanton Moor
Copyright Sheffield Galleries & Museums Trust
Segmented bead from Stanton Moor
Dimensions : Length 2.6cm, width 0.9cm.
Site name : Stanton Moor
Site type : Burial site
Time period : Bronze Age
Material : Bone or antler
Object type : Grave goods; Personal item; Jewellery
Museum number : 1979.984
This bead was found towards the north end of cairn T13 on Stanton Moor. The burial was numbered T13A and contained a disturbed deposit of bones. With the bones were this bead, a piece of burnt flint, possibly a scraper or arrowhead, and a few pieces of urn with a zigzag pattern. The bones were identified as those of a young adult woman.
This is a segmented bead. This term is used for cylindrical beads which are divided up into sections or segments. They are not found very often.
Bibliography :
Heathcote, J. P. , 1936
Glossary:
Cairn
Excavator
J. P. and J. C. Heathcote
Pyre
Scraper
Urn
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