Some notes on recent archaeological discoveries at Broadstairs / by Howard Hurd.

  • Hurd, Howard
Date:
1913
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Credit: Some notes on recent archaeological discoveries at Broadstairs / by Howard Hurd. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    The bodies buried on the lower level round the inner of the two concentric ditches were, I am convinced, Bronze Age people. That no bronze implements were found with them does not alter my opinion in the least. Their skulls are high, broad and short, contrasting in every way with those of the Jutes, and they are remarkable for their rugged massive features and beetling brows. Unfortunately only four skeletons were of any use for examination, and of these, three (A.B. and K.) were males, while one (M.) wras probably a female. I was fortunate enough to be able to piece together the whole vertebral column of A. and had enough undamaged material to reconstruct the total height, which allowing for soft parts, was 5 feet 9 inches. The others were certainly not nearly so tall, but there is every evidence that, as a race, they were taller, broader, and more massively built than the Jutes, but lacked the graceful symmetry of the latter people, although they resembled them in marked platymeria and platycnemia as well as in the presence of the squatting facets already mentioned. Broadstairs and St. Peter's Archeological Society, Founded 1911. President: Sir Francis Baking, Bart., G.C.V.O., M.D. Treasurer: W. B. Urry, Esq. Executive Committee : Miss Bartrum, Bev. W. H. Churchill, M.A., Dr. IT. M. Raven, Howard Hurd, Esq. Honorary Secretary : Atkinson Ward, “ Echo ” Office, Broadstairs. RULES. 1. The Society shall be known as the Broadstairs and St. Peter's Archaeological Society. 2. The objects of the Society shall be : — (A) To promote and to provide for the carrying out of research work of an Archaeological nature, by means of the exploration and opening up of the sites within the parishes of St. Peter Intra and Extra, wffiere ancient remains are believed to exist. (B) To diffuse information on local Archaeology, and to preserve all objects and relics discovered during the progress of any exploration that may be under- taken by the Society. 3. The Society shall consist of President, Vice-Presidents, Hon. Treasurer, and Hon. Secretary; ordinary members, and honorary members.
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