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Battleaxe from Stanton Moor

Object glossary

Bronze Age
2500-900 BC. In this period most people were farmers. They built stone circles, and wealthier people were buried with objects in round burial mounds. The working of bronze was developed over many centuries.

Cairn
A cairn is made up of stones piled on top of each other. In the Bronze Age, cairns could cover a human burial or cremation.

Cremation
This is the funerary act of burning the dead. The remains of a cremated person are also called a cremation.

Disturbed burial
A disturbed burial is one that has been damaged or altered in some way from its original state.

Excavation
Excavation is the process of digging into the earth, for example to find archaeological remains.

Undisturbed burial
An undisturbed burial is one that is found to still be in its original state.

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