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Arrowhead from Doll Tor

Object glossary

Antiquity
'Antiquity' is a general word for 'ancient times'.

Barbed and tanged arrowhead
Barbed and tanged arrowheads are triangular shaped. One side has a central tang that attaches to the arrow, and two barbs on either side.

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.

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

Excavator
An excavator is a person who digs into the earth, for example to find archaeological remains.

Stone circle
A stone circle is a roughly circular or oval setting of upright stones. Stone circles can have other stones circles inside them.

Thomas Bateman
1821-1861. A gentleman antiquarian, from Middleton, Derbyshire, and son of William Bateman. He excavated many barrows in the Peak District and surrounding area. Many artefacts from his personal collection were bought by Weston Park Museum in 1893.

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