Ebook: The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Spong Hill, North Elmham. Part IV: Catalogue of Cremations (Nos 30-2, 42, 44A, 46, 65-6, 2286-799, 2224 and 3325)

With illustrations by Kenneth Penn and Robert Rickett, and photographs by David Wicks, David Morgan, Mick Sharp and Robert Rickett.

This is the largest Early Saxon cemetery excavated in this country with 2259 cremations and 57 inhumations.

The third cremation catalogue follows the format established in the first two. It contains the cremation urns and grave-goods from the south-east part of the cemetery, excavated in 1979 and 1980. The brief introduction includes additions to existing stamp-linked pottery groups, and describes twenty-three new ones which include the animal stamp potter. A few new types of grave-goods are also mentioned. This volume contains photographs and drawings of 'Spong Man', the pottery lid of a cremation urn in the shaped of a seated figure, unique in Early Saxon archaeology.