Information for record number MWA1070:
Findspot - Bronze Age pottery from Stratford Town Centre

Summary Findspot - fragments of Bronze Age pottery have, in the past, been found in Stratford on Avon town centre.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stratford upon Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 54
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
Source Number  

1 Unprovenanced Bronze Age Beaker from the town centre.
2 Grid reference changed to better reflect the description in
1 as originating from the town-centre. Please note that this find is unprovenanced and no further information has been located.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Archaeology and Development in Stratford Upon Avon
Author/originator: Slater T and Wilson C
Date: 1977
Page Number: 25
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Pers. Comm. Giles Carey
Author/originator: G Carey
Date: 2009-2014
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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period Bronze Age About 2500 BC to 700 BC

The Bronze Age comes after the Neolithic period and before the Iron Age.

The day to day life of people in the Bronze Age probably changed little from how their ancestors had lived during the Neolithic period. They still lived in farmsteads, growing crops and rearing animals.

During the Bronze Age people discovered how to use bronze, an alloy of tin and copper (hence the name that has given to this era). They used it to make their tools and other objects, although they continued to use flint and a range of organic materials as well. A range of bronze axes, palstaves and spears has been found in Warwickshire.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument TOWN * An assemblage of public and private buildings, larger than a village and having more complete and independent local government. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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