Uncovering Bronze Age barrow toj ntxas hauv Salisbury, England

Kev tsim vaj tsev nyob tshiab hauv Salisbury tau nthuav tawm cov seem ntawm lub toj ntxas loj loj thiab nws qhov chaw toj roob hauv pes.

Wiltshire tau lees paub zoo rau nws lub hnub nyoog Bronze barrows, tshwj xeeb yog cov uas pom hauv ntiaj teb cuab yeej cuab tam ntawm Pob zeb thiab ntawm cov av qeeg ntawm Cranborne Chase. Hauv qhov sib piv, me ntsis paub txog qhov chaw zoo sib xws ze ze lub nroog Salisbury medieval.

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Lub hauv paus nplhaib ditch hauv cheeb tsam 1, tab tom khawb los ntawm CA's Andover pab pawg. © Cotswold Archaeology / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Txawm li cas los, Vistry cov kev tsim kho vaj tse tshiab nyob rau sab nrauv ntawm Harnham, sab qab teb ntawm Salisbury suburb, tau tso cai kom tsis muaj ib feem ntawm cov seem ntawm lub toj ntxas loj loj thiab nws qhov chaw toj roob hauv pes.

Round barrows tau tsim thaum lub sijhawm Neolithic, tab sis feem ntau tau ua thaum lub sijhawm Beaker thiab Early Bronze Ages (2400 - 1500 BC) thiab feem ntau muaj ib lub qhov ntxa hauv nruab nrab, ib lub mound, thiab ib qho ditch.

Lawv txoj kab uas hla tuaj yeem nyob ntawm tsawg dua 10m mus rau 50m astounding, nrog rau feem ntau nruab nrab ntawm 20-30m. Lawv lub ntiaj teb ua haujlwm txawv ib yam, nrog rau qee qhov muaj qhov loj hauv nruab nrab ('bell barrows'), lwm tus muaj me me mounds thiab sab nrauv ntug dej ('disc barrows'), thiab tseem muaj lwm tus muaj qhov chaw hollows ('pas dej barrows').

Lawv cov kwj deg yuav tau tsim cov khoom siv rau lub pob zeb, uas yuav tau tsim los ntawm chalk, av, thiab turf. Barrows feem ntau txuas nrog graves; qee qhov suav nrog tsuas yog ib tus tib neeg xwb, thaum lwm tus muaj cov kev faus neeg thiab, qee zaus tsis tshua muaj, ntau qhov faus.

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Saib ntawm barrows nyob rau hauv excavation. © Cotswold Archaeology / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Lub Netherhampton Road barrows tau tag nrho cov theem los ntawm ntau pua xyoo ntawm kev ua liaj ua teb thiab tam sim no tsuas yog cov kwj deg, txawm tias kaum ib lub faus thiab peb qhov kev faus tsis tau tuag.

Lub tojntxas muaj nyob ib ncig ntawm nees nkaum lossis ntau dua barrows uas txuas ntxiv los ntawm ntug heev ntawm Harnham ntawm Nadder hav theem, nce thiab hla lub roob chalk nyob ib puag ncig ntawm qhov txwv sab qaum teb ntawm Cranborne Chase toj roob hauv pes.

Archaeologists tsuas yog khawb tsib lub toj ntxas lub barrows, uas yog teem nyob rau hauv me me pawg ntawm khub los yog pawg ntawm rau los yog li ntawd. Yam tsawg kawg peb ntawm peb cov barrows tau txuas ntxiv mus, thiab ib qho pib nrog me ntsis oval ditch uas nws thiaj li hloov los ntawm ib qho ze-civ ncig.

Cov duab oval qhia tau hais tias tom kawg barrow yog Neolithic, los yog tsim nyob rau hauv ib cheeb tsam Neolithic. Lub qhov ntxa loj ntawm nws qhov chaw muaj cov pob txha pob txha ntawm cov neeg laus thiab menyuam yaus; cov graves no tsis tshua muaj, thiab nyob rau hauv tsis muaj cov khoom grave, nws yuav raug tsom rau radiocarbon dating. Lub barrow nthuav tawm ob lub qhov ntxa ntxiv, ob qho tib si uas muaj Beaker burials, uas feem ntau yuav tsim thaum pib ntawm Bronze Age.

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Archaeologist Jordan Bendall, excavating antler picks. © Cotswold Archaeology / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Lub oval barrow txiav los ntawm Neolithic pits nrog liab mos lwj antler caches. Deer antler tau muaj nuj nqis heev thiab tau siv los tsim cov khoom siv tes los yog pitchforks thiab rakes nrog ncaj hardwood handles. Nws kuj yog fashioned rau hauv combs thiab pins, cov cuab yeej thiab riam phom zoo li mace taub hau thiab mattocks, thiab tau siv nyob rau hauv rituals.

Cov pob txha tsiaj thiab cov kws paub txog pob txha ua haujlwm yuav tshuaj xyuas cov no kom pom seb puas muaj cov pov thawj pom tseeb ntawm kev txhob txwm ua kom tawg lossis hnav cov qauv. Cov no tuaj yeem qhia txog kev hloov kho rau kev siv, xws li cov burrs thiab tines tau ua haujlwm rau flint knapping, ua rauj, lossis rau lub siab flaking ntawm flints los tsim cov cuab yeej.

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Saxon waterhole nyob rau hauv excavation los ntawm Chris Ellis. © Cotswold Archaeology / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Lwm ob lub teb chaws nyob sib ze tsis muaj qhov ntxa tseem ceeb, tej zaum yog vim kev puas tsuaj los ntawm kev ua liaj ua teb ntau pua xyoo. Peb cov no yog ib feem ntawm ib pab pawg neeg dav dav, nrog peb lossis plaub lwm qhov pom zoo li cov cim qoob loo nyob rau sab qaum teb ntawm Netherhampton Road.

Lub tsev muaj peev xwm sunken-featured - tejzaum nws siv los ua chaw nyob, rhiav, lossis khw muag khoom thiab lub qhov dej kuj tau pom nyob rau hauv qhov chaw no. Cov kws tshawb fawb tau tshawb pom cov ntoo ua haujlwm khaws cia los ntawm cov dej hauv dej, nrog rau Saxon cov tais diav, thiab cov hniav riam hlau, thiab tuaj yeem khaws cov Roman ceramics, hauv qab ntawm qhov dej.

Lub cheeb tsam thib ob tau nthuav tawm ib qho kev cog qoob loo ('lynchet') ntawm lub hnub nyoog Iron hnub, uas tsis tshua muaj tshwm sim nyob rau hauv Wiltshire, nrog rau thaj tsam ntawm Bronze Age mus rau Iron Age kev sib hais haum nrog ntau tshaj 240 qhov chaw thiab postholes.

Cov pits feem ntau yog siv rau cov khib nyiab pov tseg, tab sis qee qhov yuav tau siv los khaws cov nplej nplej; cov khoom uas tau txais los ntawm cov kwj deg no yuav muab pov thawj tias cov zej zog no nyob thiab ua liaj ua teb li cas.

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Cov duab huab cua ntawm Cheeb Tsam 2, qhia txog ob lub nplhaib kwj dej thiab cov pits. © Cotswold Archaeology / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Thaj Chaw 2 kuj yog qhov chaw uas cov kws tshawb fawb tshawb fawb pom cov barrows seem. Ib tug yog ib tug yooj yim ditch carved los ntawm ib tug thaum ntxov deposit ntawm toj ntxuav; Cov graves tau pom nyob rau hauv thiab ib ncig ntawm lub kwj dej.

Lwm lub barrow tau muab tso rau hauv cov av nplaum thiab nws qhov chaw tau muab tso rau ntawm qhov chaw me me, txhawb kev pom los ntawm qhov chaw qis ntawm River Nadder hav.

Ntawm nws qhov chaw yog qhov kev faus neeg tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm tus menyuam yaus, uas tau nrog los ntawm cov khoom noj khoom haus ntawm 'Yorkshire' hom, yog li lub npe vim nws qhov profile ridged thiab tus nqi ntawm kev kho kom zoo nkauj.

Cov qauv ntawm lub nkoj no, raws li lub npe qhia, yog dav dua nyob rau sab qaum teb Askiv thiab tej zaum yuav yog ib qho qhia tias tib neeg tsiv mus deb heev.

Kev tsom xam ntawm cov pob txha pob txha cov isotopes yuav qhia tau tias tus menyuam yug hauv cheeb tsam lossis tau loj hlob rau lwm qhov. Muaj tseeb tiag, leej twg tsim lub lauj kaub faus nrog tus menyuam yaus paub txog cov tais diav uas tsis yog hauv zos.

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Late Neolithic arrowhead thiab ib feem ntawm Lub Sij Hawm Bronze Hnub Nyoog spindle whirl. © Cotswold Archaeology / Kev Siv Ncaj Ncees

Cov pob tawb no tau txiav Neolithic pits uas muaj Grooved Ware pottery, uas tau tshwm sim hauv ntau lub nroog ntawm Orkney kwv yees li 3000 BC ua ntej kis thoob tebchaws Askiv thiab Ireland.

Nws kuj tau siv los ntawm cov neeg tsim khoom ntawm Stonehenge thiab cov henge enclosures loj ntawm Durrington Walls thiab Avebury. Cov pob zeb no feem ntau muaj cov khoom tawg thiab hlawv, cov khoom seem ntawm cov khoom noj, thiab cov khoom khib nyiab lossis txawv teb chaws.

Lub Netherhampton pits tsis muaj qhov tshwj xeeb, ua rau lub plhaub scallop, ib lub pob av nplaum zoo nkauj, micro denticulate' - qhov tseem ceeb me ntsis flint pom - thiab peb British Oblique arrowheads, uas tau nrov thoob plaws hauv lub sijhawm Neolithic lig.

Thaum cov excavations tam sim no tiav lawm, pab neeg tom qab excavation yuav pib soj ntsuam thiab tshawb fawb cov khoom excavated.

Qhov kev tshawb pom no tuaj yeem tsim teeb pom kev tshiab ntawm lub neej zoo li cas hauv thaj chaw no thaum lub sijhawm Bronze Age thiab cov neeg nyob li cas thiab sib cuam tshuam nrog ib leeg. Peb zoo siab tau pom dab tsi ntxiv yog tsis pom thaum cov kws tshawb fawb tshawb fawb txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm ntawm qhov chaw.