The Bracteate Hoard from Binham — An Early Anglo-Saxon Central Place?
2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 58; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1179/0076609714z.00000000031
ISSN1745-817X
AutoresCharlotte Behr, Tim Pestell, John Hines,
ResumoTHIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES the recent discovery of Britain’s first certain hoard of gold bracteates, found in a field in Binham (Norfolk). This find is unique in Anglo-Saxon England where bracteates have previously been found either in graves or as single finds. A further two gold bracteates and a possible die have been discovered in the vicinity of Binham suggesting a ‘bracteate cluster’. It is argued here on the basis of analogies with sites in Scandinavia and northern Germany that Binham may have acted as a central place in northern Norfolk in the early Anglo-Saxon period. In light of bracteate distribution across Anglo-Saxon England, the area of Binham is suggested as one of several sites with meaningful clusters of bracteate finds; these may have belonged to a network of central sites distributed across Scandinavia and along North Sea coastal areas in England.
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