{"id":343,"date":"2013-10-29T17:30:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T17:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/?p=343"},"modified":"2013-10-21T17:15:34","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T17:15:34","slug":"amber-necklace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wonderful\/major-theme\/the-first-civilisations\/amber-necklace\/","title":{"rendered":"Amber Necklace"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Early Bronze Age Amber necklace from \u2018Golden Barrow\u2019 at Upton Lovell, excavated by William Cunnington in 1803. \u00a9 Copyright Wiltshire Heritage Museum. Rights Reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This Early Bronze Age amber necklace comes from the Upton Lovell G2e barrow (burial mound) in Wiltshire, one of the richest Bronze Age burials yet discovered in Wessex. It was excavated by William Cunnington in 1803 and may have belonged to a woman.<\/p>\n

The necklace originally contained over 1,000 amber beads with spacers. The amber was probably imported from the Baltic and represents not only the high status of the individual who wore it, but her ability to accumulate exotic (and possibly magical) materials from faraway places. In addition to the necklace the burial contained 13 drum-shaped gold beads, a conical shale button covered with gold decorated with zigzags, a gold rectangular plate, 2 small gold cones with pommels, a grape cup, a large collared urn with a smaller vessel inside, a bronze awl and a small flat bronze dagger.<\/p>\n

A number of other Bronze Age necklaces are known from England. They are made from a range of \u2018special\u2019 materials. These objects have complex histories and the beads seem have been accumulated over time and brought together to make this spectacular jewellery.<\/p>\n

Reading<\/h2>\n

Pictures of Upton: http:\/\/www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk\/galleries\/index.php?Action=3&obID=101&prevID=9<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.wiltshireheritagecollections.org.uk\/wiltshiresites.asp?page=selectedplace&mwsquery=%7BPlace%20identity%7D=%7BUpton%20Lovell%20G2e%7D<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nms.ac.uk\/our_museums\/national_museum\/upcoming_exhibitions\/amazing_amber.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Sheridan, A. and Davis, M. 1998. The Welsh \u2018jet set\u2019 in prehistory: a case of keeping up with the Joneses? In A. Gibson and D Simpson (eds.), Prehistoric Ritual and Religion<\/em>, 148-163. Stroud: Sutton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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