Bronze age remains 'may be tribal chieftain'
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeA 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.
A spokesman for the National Trust, which owns the land, said: "As soon as we found out we had to make arrangements for it to be excavated because of the danger of it going into the sea. "We knew that storms were coming and we had to get it removed."
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.
"Little is known about him but he may have been of importance to the small community that he would have come from as it appears that special care was taken over his burial.
"We don't know his social status. He could well be somebody important, or at the very least, someone who was well respected and cared for."
"While searching one particular area I found a front tooth and another piece of bone and I looked to see where it had come from.
"I could see from the bit of flint sticking out of the ground that it was actually a stone-lined cisk."
The discovery was made last October but it has taken nearly a year for the remains to removed, and carbon dated.
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Note: Burial found eroding out of the ground near pedestrian path.
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