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BRACELET
Unique ID: HAMP-C73581
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
A complete copper-alloy (probably) Liss-type penannular bracelet/arm-ring of Rowland's Class C. Liss-type bracelets are characterised by the form of the incised decoration. This example has multiple zones of geometric decoration of pairs of surmounted lozenges alternately with chevrons in fields between groups of five or six transverse grooves. The bracelet has an oval cross-section. The terminals are unaligned and are not expanded. Surfaces which appear to have been hammered can be seen on the inner surface. This artefact has survived extremely well. Penannular bracelets decorated within fields formed of groups of transverse parallel lines can be found illustrated in Burgess & Coombs (1979, 74; fig. 2.6).
Notes:
As Sally Worrell (2002, 89) states: 'Bracelets of this type and other mid-Bronze Age 'ornament horizon' artefacts are not common finds. These bracelets concentrate in the southern counties of Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset and West Sussex and examples are also known from Suffolk and Norfolk. Incised decorated bracelets form part of a North European tradition, which has led to the suggestion that the examples from southern England may be imported from northern France, although this theory has been questioned.'
Class:
Penannular
Sub class: Liss Type
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1400 BC
Date to: Circa 1300 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 63 mm
Width: 54 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 30th August 2006
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: East Hampshire (District)
To be known as: Binsted CP
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burgess, C.B. and Coombs, D.G. | 1979 | Bronze Age Hoards: some finds old and new | Oxford | British Archaeological Reports 67 | 74 | 2.6 | |
| Worrell, S. | 2002 | Recent Metalwork Discoveries in Hampshire | 89 | 1 |
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