• The Boscombe Bowmen is the name given by archaeologists to a group of early Bronze Age (Bell Beaker) people found in a shared burial at Boscombe Down in...
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  • called Boscombe Football Club Boscombe, Wiltshire, England MoD Boscombe Down, a military airfield near Boscombe in Wiltshire Boscombe Bowmen, a Bronze...
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    making his death roughly contemporary with the Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen buried 3 miles away in Amesbury. He came to be known as an archer because...
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    early twenties. The graves were discovered a short distance from the Boscombe Bowmen, whose bones were excavated the following year. The Archer was quickly...
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    (apart from fragments) have been found. The archaeological find of the Boscombe Bowmen has been cited in support of the human transport theory. Preseli Bluestone...
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    and the two sets of burials, known as the Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen, discovered three miles (5 km) to the west. Analysis of animal teeth...
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    Recent analysis of contemporary burials found nearby known as the Boscombe Bowmen, has indicated that at least some of the individuals associated with...
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    Excavations in 2002 and 2003 at Boscombe Down by Wessex Archaeology found the Amesbury Archer and Boscombe Bowmen. During the Iron Age a large hill...
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    post-compulsory education. Clarke held the post of QinetiQ Archaeologist at Boscombe Down between 1996 and 2008; he returned to the post in July 2013. In September...
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  • Fitzpatrick, Andrew P. (2011). The Amesbury Archer and the Boscombe Bowmen: Bell Beaker burials at Boscombe Down, Amesbury, Wiltshire. Wessex Archaeology Report...
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