Springhead and Northfleet, Kent: The Identification of Organic Materials Associated with Selected Metalwork from the CTRL II Excavations
Author(s): Jacqui Watson
This report covers the identification of organic materials preserved on metalwork from the multi-period site at Springhead, excavated in advance of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in North Kent by Wessex Archaeology between 200 and 2003 (ARC SHN02, ARC SPH00 and ARC EBB01). A group of metal objects, mainly associated with burials, was selected because they had visible organic materials preserved in the corrosion layers. the group includes the nails and other fittings from two Romano-British casket burials, along with weapons and personal items from a small group of Anglo-Saxon burials. In some cases it has been possible to put forward possible reconstructions of some of the original organic objects that are now only represented by the metalwork.
- Report Number:
- 12/2008
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 13
- Keywords:
- Copper Alloy Early Medieval Iron Mineral Preserved Organic Roman Wood, Worked
