Site Event/Activity record ESF21561 - The Examinination and reconstruction of Anglo-Saxon Bed Burial, Smythes Corner Saxon Cemetery
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Location
Location | Smythes Corner Saxon Cemetery |
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Grid reference | Centred TM 119 539 (97m by 122m) |
Map sheet | TM15SW |
Civil Parish | CODDENHAM, MID SUFFOLK, SUFFOLK |
Technique(s)
Organisation
Not recorded.
Date
Not recorded.
Description
This report documents the organic material preserved by contact with metal artefacts from this seventh century cemetery. The site had been partially quarried away, but 53 inhumations remained of which 21 graves contained metalwork with mineral preserved organic material and are reported on here. This cemetery is of an early seventh century date, making it a final phase type which is transitional between pagan and Christian burial ritual and few of the burials are accompanied with grave goods. Two of the burials were placed in chambered graves: grave 157 was laid out with weapons and grave 308 contained a dismantled bed. Both these graves are discussed in detail, although the bed reconstruction has been produced as a separate report (Watson, 2006). This report covers the condition of the assemblage from Coddenham, the organic components of the weapons, personal items and the containers placed in these graves; followed by a catalogue of all the material that has been examined along with the results.
Project status: Complete Yes, Validated Yes
Previous/Future Work: Previous Yes, Future Not known
Associated Identifiers:
HER event no. CDD 050
NMR No. 1336393
Project Type: Research project
Investigation Type: ''Full excavation''
Reason for Investigation: Research
Monument Type(s)/Period(s): CEMETERY Early Medieval , GRAVE Early Medieval
Artefact Type(s)/Period(s): WEAPONRY Early Medieval , BED BURIAL Early Medieval
PROJECT LOCATION
Area 1000.00 Square metres
Grid Reference: TM120530 Point
PROJECT CREATOR(S)
Organisation: English Heritage Centre for Archaeology
Brief originator: None
Design originator: English Heritage
Director/Manager: Jacqui Watson
Supervisor: Jacqui Watson
DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: English Heritage
Contents: 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Leather', 'Metal', 'Textiles'
Media: 'Images raster / digital photography', 'Survey'
PAPER ARCHIVE
Recipient: National Monuments Record
Contents: 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Leather', 'Metal', 'Textiles'
Media: 'Report'
PHYSICAL ARCHIVE
Recipient: Shire Hall, Bury St Edmunds
Contents: 'Environmental', 'Human Bones', 'Leather', 'Metal', 'Textiles'
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript)
Title: The Identification of Organic Material Associated with Metalwork from the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Smythes Corner
Author(s)/Editor(s): Watson, J.
Other Bibliographic Details: 27/2006
Date: 2006
Issuer/Publisher: English Heritage
Place of Issue or Publication: Portsmouth
Description: A4 heat-bound report of 24pp (ISSN 1749 8775)
Publication Type: Grey literature (unpublished document/manuscript)
Title: Smythes Corner (Shrublands Quarry), Coddenham, Suffolk The Examination and Reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon Bed Burial
Author(s)/Editor(s): Watson, J.
Other Bibliographic Details: 60/2006
Date: 2006
Issuer/Publisher: English Heritage
Place of Issue or Publication: Portsmouth
Description: A4 heat-bound report of 29pp (ISSN 1749 8775)
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SSF54520 Unpublished document: Watson, J.. 2006. The Examinination and reconstruction of Anglo-Saxon Bed Burial, Smythes Corner Anglo-Saxon Cemetery, Coddenham, Suffolk.
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
- CDD 050 Smyes Corner, Shrubland Quarry phase 2 (Sax) (Monument)
Record last edited
Mar 26 2019 1:06PM