Excavations at King's Low and Queen's Low

Contents

List of figures, tables and plates

Plates

1: Introduction and background

Introduction – Gary Lock

A third barrow? – Gary Lock

The naming of King’s Low and Queen’s Low – Rose Longden

The environmental setting – Helen Suden and Alan Outram

The archaeological setting – Gary Lock

2: The excavations

King’s Low – Gary Lock

Queen’s Low – Winston Hollins

3: People and environment

An environmental history of the River Sow region, Stafford – Heather Sugden and Alan Outram

The King’s Low pollen – Frank Chambers and Ian Wilshaw

The cremated human bone – Angela Boyle

The King’s Low wood charcoal – Dana Challinor

4: The material culture

The pottery – Alex Gibson

The worked flint – Philippa Bradley

The faience beads

Copper alloy artefacts

5: King’s Low and Queen’s Low: a wider discussion – Gary Lock

Background and antiquarian interest

Barrows in the landscape

The construction and use of barrows

Appendices

1: King’s Low context description list – Gary Lock

2: Queen’s Low context description list – Winston Hollins

Bibliography