Site: Arminghall Lane (Site 9585), Bixley, Norwich Southern Bypass Excavations
County: Norfolk
Present location: not certain

Preservation type: mineralised from contact with cremated bone (not carbonised)
Dimensions: Not given
Material: Plant?
Technique: Woven
Structure: Tabby

Warp/weft can be identified: No

	System A	System B
Spin direction	–	–
Twist angle (deg)	–	–
Diameter	–	–
Ends/cm	–	–

Textile finish: –

Selvedge: not present

Starting border: not present

Ending border: not present

Damage/Wear: –

Additions/Alterations: –

Textile use: as a bag or wrap to hold the cremated human remains.

Context: Cremation 1132, Pit 1132, Collared urn 1193. Young adult, undetermined sex.

Dating: Early Bronze Age. A radiocarbon date from oak charcoal that was found in the cremation urn gave a date range of 2460-1930 cal BCE (GU-5187, 3740+/-80 BP).

Reference:
Crowfoot, E. 2000. Textile remains, in Ashwin, T. and Bates, S.Excavations on the Norwich Southern Bypass, 1989-91. Dereham, Norfolk: Archaeology and Environment Division, Norfolk Museum Service, 43-45.

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