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IoA-BM Willmott 11 February 2020
11 February 2020, 6:15 pm–7:15 pm
INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY / BRITISH MUSEUM MEDIEVAL SEMINAR Dr Hugh Willmott (University of Sheffield): Excavations at the migration-period cemetery at Scremby: living and dying on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds
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Andrew Reynolds
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Room 209UCL Institute of Archaeology31-34 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PY
Recent excavations at Scremby have revealed a hitherto unknown migration period cemetery on the southernmost tip of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Situated in a commanding location overlooking the fenland to the south, and dating to the first half of the 6th century, the cemetery contains an unusually high proportion of highly furnished burials, many showing clear connections with the south coast of England and Continental Europe. This lecture will provide an overview of the preliminary findings from the excavation, as well as outlining what modern scientific approaches such as isotope analysis and Raman spectroscopy can tell us about people living on the edge of the Kingdom of Lindsey and their connections with the wider world.