Gristhorpe Man: an Early Bronze Age log-coffin burial scientifically defined

Melton, Nigel; Montgomery, Janet; Knà¼sel, Christopher J; Batt, Cathy; Needham, Stuart; Parker Pearson, Mike; Sheridan, J A; Heron, Carl; Horsley, Tim; Schmidt, Armin; Evans, Adrian; Carter, Elizabeth; Edwards, Howell G M; Hargreaves, Michael; Janaway, Rob; Lynnerup, Niels; Northover, Peter; O'Connor, Sonia; Ogden, Alan; Taylor, Timothy

Gristhorpe Man: an Early Bronze Age log-coffin burial scientifically defined

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Melton, Nigel

Montgomery, Janet

Knà¼sel, Christopher J

Batt, Cathy

Needham, Stuart

Parker Pearson, Mike

Sheridan, J A

Heron, Carl

Horsley, Tim

Schmidt, Armin

Evans, Adrian

Carter, Elizabeth

Edwards, Howell G M

Hargreaves, Michael

Janaway, Rob

Lynnerup, Niels

Northover, Peter

O'Connor, Sonia

Ogden, Alan

Taylor, Timothy

Wastling, Vaughan

Wilson, Andrew

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September 9, 2010

Abstract

A log-coffin excavated in the early nineteenth century proved to be well enough preserved in the early twenty-first century for the full armoury of modern scientific investigation to give its occupants and contents new identity, new origins and a new date. In many ways the interpretation is much the same as before: a local big man buried looking out to sea. Modern analytical techniques can create a person more real, more human and more securely anchored in history. This research team shows how.