Peterborough Museum talk 'The Barnack Beaker burial: The grave of an important man from the first age of metal' by Neil Wilkin
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Peterborough Museum - Talk
'The Barnack Beaker burial: The grave of an important man from the first age of metal' by Neil Wilkin (British Museum)
Tuesday 6th November 2018 at 7.30pm
Peterborough Museum, Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1LF
Discovered in 1974, the rich (4,200 year old) burial from Barnack, Cambridgeshire, has continued to yield secrets ever since. This talk presents recent research on the special set of objects that were placed with his body in the grave, including some of the most spectacular stone and gold objects found anywhere in Britain during this period: the first age of metal. It also presents the results from cutting edge scientific analysis of his human remains. These insights will then be set in the wider context of recent DNA studies that suggest the Barnack man belonged to a period of dramatic change that transformed Britain forever. Dr Neil Wilkin is Curator of the Bronze age collection at The British Museum.
Open to all. Tickets £3 per person. To book, please click here or call Peterborough Museum at 01733 864 663. 'The Barnack Beaker burial: The grave of an important man from the first age of metal' by Neil Wilkin (British Museum)
Tuesday 6th November 2018 at 7.30pm
Peterborough Museum, Priestgate, Peterborough, PE1 1LF
Discovered in 1974, the rich (4,200 year old) burial from Barnack, Cambridgeshire, has continued to yield secrets ever since. This talk presents recent research on the special set of objects that were placed with his body in the grave, including some of the most spectacular stone and gold objects found anywhere in Britain during this period: the first age of metal. It also presents the results from cutting edge scientific analysis of his human remains. These insights will then be set in the wider context of recent DNA studies that suggest the Barnack man belonged to a period of dramatic change that transformed Britain forever. Dr Neil Wilkin is Curator of the Bronze age collection at The British Museum.