Excavations at King’s Low and Queen’s Low

Two Early Bronze Age barrows in Tixall, North Staffordshire

By (author) Gary Lock By (author) Dick Spicer By (author) Wilson Hollins

Book cover: Excavations at King’s Low and Queen’s Low

Extent: 122 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: European Prehistory

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2014)

ISBN: 9781905739660

8.27 x 11.69 inches

Price: $35.00

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Two barrows in the parish of Tixall, north of Stafford, were excavated between 1986-1994. The results are important because little excavation of round barrows has been carried out in this area of North Staffordshire and these add considerably to the local corpus of knowledge concerning Early Bronze Age burial practices.


These two barrows in the parish of Tixall, north of Stafford, were excavated by the Stoke-on-Trent Museum Archaeological Society between the years 1986 and 1994. They are approximately one kilometre apart with King’s Low still extant but Queen’s Low badly damaged by ploughing. The results are important because little excavation of round barrows has been carried out in this area of North Staffordshire and these add considerably to the local corpus of knowledge concerning Early Bronze Age burial practices and various categories of material culture including Collared Urns and a single faience bead at each site.

Preface
1 Introduction and background
2 The excavations
3 People and the environment
4 The material culture
5 King's Low and Queen's Low: a wider discussion
Appendices
Bibliography

  • By (author) Gary Lock
  • By (author) Dick Spicer
  • By (author) Wilson Hollins