Bronze age remains 'may be tribal chieftain'

Telegraph ^ | August 15, 2008 | Richard Savill

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A 3,500-year-old bronze-age skeleton, found beside a beach, could be a tribal chieftain, archaeologists believe. The discovery of the middle-aged man's remains and burial casket, or cisk, was made by an amateur archaeologist, Trevor Renals, as walked on Constantine Island, North Cornwall. It was regarded as unusual because cremation rather than burial was popular in the bronze-age period and skeletons are not normally found in such a well preserved state... It is believed the man was from the middle bronze age, between 1380 and 1100BC, and he may have been an important member of his community... The discovery was made last October but it has taken nearly a year for the remains to removed, and carbon dated. Mr Renals, 42, an ecologist, said: "The cisk was on quite a popular path and people had been sitting on it and walking over it and had not realised they were inches away from an ancient skeleton." Mr Renals, from Wadebridge in Cornwall, said the man was buried in a crouching position.

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In before the "graverobbing" comments.

A 3,000-year-old Bronze Age skeleton that was found in Cornwall

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Nothing like burying your bones in the back yard.

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