event · evt_bi_cliffs_end_mortuary_sequence
Complex later Bronze Age mortuary activity at Cliffs End Farm
Multiple burial and depositional episodes included articulated and disarticulated human remains, animal deposits and individuals with varied isotope signatures.
What is the evidence?
observation
Multiple burial and depositional episodes included articulated and disarticulated human remains, animal deposits and individuals with varied isotope signatures.observed evidence
Multiple burial and depositional episodes included articulated and disarticulated human remains, animal deposits and individuals with varied isotope signatures.The site documents complex treatment of the dead and individual mobility. Isotope variation does not uniquely identify ethnic groups, political migration or exact childhood places.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1100 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: multi phase archaeological range
Chronology model: regionally resolved positive bce
highPositive BCE integers are used; the larger value is earlier. The range preserves archaeological and calibration uncertainty. The site documents complex treatment of the dead and individual mobility. Isotope variation does not uniquely identify ethnic groups, political migration or exact childhood places.
- supports · dates
Cliffs End Farm, Isle of Thanet, Kent: A Mortuary and Ritual Site of the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon Period — Jacqueline I. McKinley, Matt Leivers, Jörn Schuster, Peter Marshall, Alistair J. Barclay, Nick Stoodley (2014)Publishes the complex mortuary deposits, chronology, human remains and scientific analyses from Cliffs End Farm.
Locator: Late Bronze Age mortuary chapters; radiocarbon and isotope reports - supports · dates
Cliffs End Farm project summary — Wessex ArchaeologySummarises the Late Bronze Age mortuary sequence and multi-period excavation at Cliffs End Farm.
Locator: Late Bronze Age and scientific-results sections
Interpretation and caveats
The site documents complex treatment of the dead and individual mobility. Isotope variation does not uniquely identify ethnic groups, political migration or exact childhood places.
Event context
Classification
Event type: mortuary deposition and mobility evidence
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Cliffs End Farm, Southern and eastern England archaeological search region, Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone
Affected entities: Cliffs End Farm, Southern and eastern England archaeological search region, Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone
Why it matters to the timeline
This regional-core event addresses burial, mobility and long-distance contact while preserving isotope uncertainty.
Research notes
- Publishes the complex mortuary deposits, chronology, human remains and scientific analyses from Cliffs End Farm. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: Late Bronze Age mortuary chapters; radiocarbon and isotope reports.
- Summarises the Late Bronze Age mortuary sequence and multi-period excavation at Cliffs End Farm. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: Late Bronze Age and scientific-results sections.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides evidence and date
Cliffs End Farm, Isle of Thanet, Kent: A Mortuary and Ritual Site of the Bronze Age, Iron Age and Anglo-Saxon Period — Jacqueline I. McKinley, Matt Leivers, Jörn Schuster, Peter Marshall, Alistair J. Barclay, Nick Stoodley (2014)Publishes the complex mortuary deposits, chronology, human remains and scientific analyses from Cliffs End Farm.
Locator: Late Bronze Age mortuary chapters; radiocarbon and isotope reports - supports · provides evidence and date
Cliffs End Farm project summary — Wessex ArchaeologySummarises the Late Bronze Age mortuary sequence and multi-period excavation at Cliffs End Farm.
Locator: Late Bronze Age and scientific-results sections