By Jo Zalea Matias Boudica (d. AD 60 or 61), rebel queen of the Iceni (Image 1) is stereotypically depicted in the present day with a mane of long, fiery hair – one could even say that this is one of her defining features. This is true in both academically produced images in books toContinueContinue reading “Guest Post: Boudica the Redhead? The Difficulty in Translating Ancient Colour Words”
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Decoration and Colour of Iron Age Glass Beads from Britain
I recently attended the 20th Congress of the International Association for the History of Glass conference in Fribourg, Switzerland and presented a poster on my research. I have included the text and and some of the original images (due to copyright restrictions, some images have been replaced, see below for alternatives). Introduction Although a historyContinueContinue reading “Decoration and Colour of Iron Age Glass Beads from Britain”
Glass Beads from a Late Iron Age Mirror Burial
It is extremely rare to find glass beads in British Iron Age burials. This is partially because there are so few burials of human remains that can be attributed to this period. It seems that the practice of burying the deceased in formal graves was not the dominant practice. Instead, the archaeological record suggestsContinueContinue reading “Glass Beads from a Late Iron Age Mirror Burial”
A Glass Bead from Caerau Hillfort, Cardiff, South Wales
A Glass Bead from Caerau Hillfort, Cardiff, South Wales An Iron Age glass bead was discovered in an enclosure ditch during the 2013 excavations at Caerau Hillfort. Although unique in design, it bears many similarities to the glass beads from Meare Lake Village in Somerset, which suggests an Iron Age date of 300 – 50ContinueContinue reading “A Glass Bead from Caerau Hillfort, Cardiff, South Wales”
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