An Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Buckinghamshire

 

The excavation in advance of the dreadful HS2 project of a major Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Wendover in Buckinghamshire is reported on by the BBC News website at Anglo-Saxon burial ground unearthed at HS2 site in Buckinghamshire

From what it says this is a clearly important discovery and the grave goods providing a further insight into the lives of the deceased. The range of cosmetic and toiletry aids once again refines our image of Anglo-Saxon life to one that is more elegant, more sophisticated than what is often assumed. So too does the presence of glass vessels in the burials - as we all know glass is always vulnerable and in the early medieval wotld an expensive and treasured possession usually an import from the Mediterranean world.