The Boscombe Bowmen is the name given by archaeologists to a group of early Bronze Age individuals found in a shared burial at Boscombe Down near Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for MoD Boscombe Down is an aircraft testing site located south of Amesbury, Wiltshire, England. Stonehenge is a Prehistoric Monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury Etymology The county formerly 'Wiltonshire' or 'Wiltunscir' (9th century is named after the former county town of Wilton (itself named after the River Wylye England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
The grave contained a total of seven burials: three children, a teenager and three men. Analysis of the skulls implies that the men and the teenager were related to each other. The eldest man was buried in a crouched position with the bones of the others scattered around him and their skulls resting at his feet. They became to be know as the Bowmen because several flint arrowheads were placed in the grave, along with a boar's tusk, a bone toggle, flint tools and eight Beaker vessels, an unusually high number. Flint (or flintstone) is a hard sedimentary Cryptocrystalline form of the Mineral Quartz, categorized as a variety of Chert An arrowhead is point of an Arrow, or a shape resembling such a point as Archaeological artifacts arrowheads are a subclass of Projectile points The Bell-Beaker culture (sometimes shortened to Beaker culture, Beaker people, or Beaker folk; Glockenbecherkultur) ca
Lead isotope analysis of the men's teeth has indicated that they grew up in either what is now Wales or the Lake District but left in childhood. Characteristics Lead has a dull luster and is a dense, Ductile, very soft highly Isotope analysis is the identification of Isotopic signature, the distribution of certain Stable isotopes and chemical elements within chemical compounds The Lake District, also known as The Lakes or Lakeland, is a rural area in North West England. This was thought to be contemporary with the major building work of erecting the Sarsen Circle and the trilithons at Stonehenge but new research indicates that these burials occurred shortly after Stonhenge Phase 3ii. Stonehenge is a Prehistoric Monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about west of Amesbury and north of Salisbury [1]
The Bowmen were found in 2003 during roadworks being carried out on behalf of the military contractor that operates the Boscombe Down airfield. QinetiQ ( (pronounced, as in Kinetic energy) is a British defence technology company, formed from the greater part of the former government agency The burials are thought to date from around 2300BC, making them broadly contemporary with the Amesbury Archer who was found nearby. The Amesbury Archer is an early Bronze Age man whose grave was discovered in Amesbury during excavations at the site of a new housing development
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