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	Amesbury Archer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amesbury Archer (dubbed the "King of Stonehenge" in the British press though there is no specific connection to the famous site) is an early Bronze Age man dating to around 2300 BC, with about a 200-year margin of error, whose grave was discovered in May 2002, at Amesbury near Stonehenge.
		He is nicknamed the "archer" because a bow was among the artefacts buried with him.
		The Amesbury Archer supports interpreters who claim that the diffusion of Beaker Culture pottery was not the result of invasion but of peacible cultural contacts through travellers and trade (Smithsonian p 66)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amesbury_Archer (319 words)

	Amesbury - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amesbury is a town in Wiltshire, England, eight miles north of Salisbury and near Stonehenge.
		Amesbury is also associated with the Arthurian legend: the nunnery to which Guinevere retired was said to have been the one at Amesbury.
		Amesbury is located at 51° 10′ 00″ N, 01° 47′ 00″ W (51.1667, -1.7833)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amesbury (225 words)

	Amesbury Archer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Amesbury Archer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		His grave is of particular importance because of the rich valuables and the earliest gold objects ever found in (A division of the United Kingdom) England.
		He is nicknamed the "archer" because a (A powerful wooden bow drawn by hand; usually 5-6 feet long; used in medieval England) longbow was among the (A man-made object taken as a whole) artefacts buried with him.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/am/amesbury_archer.htm (84 words)

	Amesbury Archer
		The so-called Amesbury Archer was found in a grave about five kilometres from the landmark, buried with 100 items, including gold earrings, arrowheads, copper knives and pottery.
		An analysis of the bones later showed that he and the Archer were related as they both had the same unusual bone structure in their feet, the heel bone had a joint with one of the upper tarsal bones in the foot.
		The Amesbury archer shows for the first time that there were individuals of great wealth and importance who lived and died near Stonehenge at this time.
	users.bigpond.net.au /Gary_Fletcher/amesburyarcher.htm (1389 words)

	Wessex Archaeology
		The latest tests on the Amesbury Archer, whose grave astonished archaeologists last year with the richness of its contents, show he was originally from the Alps region, probably Switzerland, Austria or Germany.
		The Archer was obviously an important man, and because he lived at the same time that the stones at Stonehenge were first being built, archaeologists believe he may have been involved in its creation.
		The Archer was an example of the spread of the Beaker culture from the continent, marked by a new style of pottery, the use of barbed flat arrow heads, copper knives and small gold ornaments.
	www.wessexarch.co.uk /projects/amesbury/press/archer_feb_03_v1.html (798 words)

	Amesbury Archer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The archer was 35 to 45 years old when he died and probably walked with a limp due to an injury to his left knee.
		Another indication that he was an archer came from these two wrist-guards, shaped pieces of stone designed to protect his wrist from the backlash of the bow.
		The Archer was buried wearing the upper, fl one; the red one was by his knees.
	www.archaeology.co.uk /ca/issues/ca184/archer/archer.htm (786 words)

	Stone Pages Archaeo News: Amesbury archer was a settler from the Alps
		Amesbury archer was a settler from the Alps
		The latest tests on the Amesbury Archer, whose grave was found three miles from Stonehenge and it astonished archaeologists last year with the richness of its contents, show he was originally from the Alps region, probably Switzerland, Austria or Germany.
		Tests on the bones showed that the Archer was a man aged between 35 and 45.
	www.stonepages.com /news/archives/000564.html (585 words)

	Amesbury Archer
		When he died, the Amesbury Archer was 35-45 years old.
		Some of the objects found in the grave hint at how he was dressed or adorned when he was buried.
		It is likely that the items were placed in the Archer's grave for his use in the next life.
	www.missgien.net /archer/burial.html (414 words)

	Cronaca: More burials found near Stonehenge
		The remains of four adults and two children were found at a site in Amesbury, close to where the Amesbury Archer was discovered last year.
		The Archer was dubbed the King of Stonehenge because it is thought he had a major role in creating the monument.
		The new discovery was found almost exactly a year after the Amesbury Archer was found during excavation for a housing scheme at Boscombe Down, Amesbury, three miles from Stonehenge.
	www.cronaca.com /archives/000905.html (395 words)

	Amesbury's Bronze Age Archer
		The man in the 4,300-year-old grave was identified as an archer, according to archaeologists, because of the presence of stone arrowheads and stone wristguards that protected the arm from the bowstring.
		As it is unusual to have more than two or three artifacts in UK Bronze Age finds, graves that contain seven or eight objects are considered "rich." The "Amesbury Archer's" grave contained an unprecedented 100 objects, including three copper knives (one is considered rare,) gold earrings (again, very rare), and five Beaker pots.
		The Amesbury Archer was estimated to have been between 35 and 50 years of age when he died.
	www.archaeology.org /online/news/amesbury.html (353 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		The archer was obviously an important man, and because he lived at the same time that the stones at Stonehenge were first being erected, archaeologists believe that he may have been involved in its creation.
		Tests were carried out on the archer's teeth and bones and on the objects found in the grave, which included two gold hair tresses, three copper knives and five pots.
		Tests on the bones showed that the archer was aged between 35 and 45.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/02/11/nhenge11.xml (552 words)

	Weird Wiltshire - Stone Formations - News Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		News of the museum's bold bid to acquire the remains of the man, also known as the Amesbury Archer and who may have helped to organise the building of Stonehenge, broke amid revelations about the archer's origins.
		Bone analysis has shown that he and the archer were related and it is likely they were father and son.
		From 2,400 to 2,200BC, the time the archer would have lived, the world-famous stones were erected and archaeologists believe he may have been involved in its creation.
	www.weirdwiltshire.co.uk /stones/130203.html (518 words)

	QinetiQ helps discover the origins of Stonehenge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This was very exciting as it showed that the burial was probably early bronze age and may be linked to the Amesbury Archer.
		The pots are very similar to those found nearby with the Amesbury Archer, a man who was given the richest burial of the age in Europe.
		With the discovery that the Amesbury Archer came from central Europe, these finds are casting the first light on an extraordinary picture at the dawn of the metal age.
	www.qinetiq.com /home/newsroom/news_releases_homepage/2004/2nd_quarter/boscombe_bowman.html (616 words)

	Prehistoric Society - Past No. 41
		Up to the time that the burial of the Amesbury Archer was discovered, the main interest had been a (rather fine) late Romano-British inhumation cemetery.
		There is no surviving evidence to suggest that the grave of the Archer was covered by a barrow, but the barrows that surmount a number of Beaker burials are small and as there is evidence for a timber mortuary chamber, it may be that there was once a small mound of earth or turf.
		The discovery of the burial of the Amesbury Archer shows for the first time that at this date there were indeed individuals of - as portrayed in the grave goods that his mourners chose to place with him - great wealth and status.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /prehistoric/past/past41.html (6844 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - Unearthing Mysteries 19/11/2002
		The so-called Amesbury Archer was buried with gold earrings, copper knives, flint arrow heads and the stone wrist guards of an Archer.
		At the time he was buried, 4,300 years ago, Salisbury Plain was a centre of activity and the ring of bluestones from the Precelly Hills in Wales was being erected at Stonehenge, just four kilometres from the grave.
		Clearly the Amesbury Archer was a man of high status.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/science/unearthingmysteries_20021119.shtml (433 words)

	Augusta Georgia: Technology:Ancient grave shows Stonehenge could be work of foreigner 02/11/03
		The 4,000-year-old man was identified as an archer because of the flint arrowheads found by his body, along with other artifacts belonging to the Beaker Culture that flourished in the Alps during the Bronze Age.
		The archer, dubbed "The King of Stonehenge" by the British press, lived around 2300 B.C., about the time the great stone circle was formed in Amesbury, 75 miles southwest of London.
		He and the archer shared an unusual bone structure in their feet, indicating they were at least related and possibly father and son.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/021103/tec_124-2089.shtml (653 words)

	The Amesbury Archer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The grave of a mature man was found near Amesbury, Wiltshire and contains far more objects than any other burial of this date, about 2,300 BC.
		He has been identified as an archer on the basis of stone arrow heads and stone wristguards that protected the arm from the recoil of the bow.
		An analysis of the bones later showed that he and the Archer were related as they both had the same unusual bone structure in their feet — the heel bone had a joint with one of the upper tarsal bones in the foot.
	www.this-is-amesbury.co.uk /archer.html (558 words)

	BBC - History - The Amesbury Archer: The King of Stonehenge? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		BBC - History - The Amesbury Archer: The King of Stonehenge?
		An excavation in Wiltshire has recently revealed the grave of a Bronze Age archer, buried with a rich array of precious metal goods and a quiver of arrows.
		In the spring of 2002 what started as a routine excavation was undertaken in advance of the building of a new school at Amesbury in Wiltshire.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/archaeology/king_stonehenge_01.shtml (280 words)

	Stonehenge News Articles
		The remains of four adults and two children were found about half a mile from that of the archer, dubbed "The King of Stonehenge" by Britain's tabloid press.
		The archer was identified by the flint arrowheads found by his body.
		Although the indigenous British originally came from mainland Europe, they settled thousands of years before the arrival of the archer, who clearly belonged to a different culture, marked by a new style of pottery, the use of barbed flat arrow heads, copper knives and small gold ornaments.
	www.crystalinks.com /stonehenge2.html (1383 words)

	Latest news from Solstice Park, mixed use opportunities uk, development opportunity wiltshire
		The Amesbury Archer, a name chosen following a competition for readers of the Journal, has seen an investment of £1.8m and the creation of about 40 full and part time jobs in the area.
		Solstice Park has announced the completion of a major conservation and infrastructure planting project at its business park on the outskirts of Amesbury, the cost of which was in excess of £600,000.
		Three pupils at Stonehenge School, Amesbury, have won a competition to name the roads on the new 160-acre Solstice Park development.
	www.solsticepark.com /news/news.html (459 words)

	Antiquity: `The Amesbury Archer': a well-furnished Early Bronze Age burial in southern England. (News & ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Antiquity: `The Amesbury Archer': a well-furnished Early Bronze Age burial in southern England.
		When he died, the Amesbury Archer was approximately 35-50 years old.
		There is no surviving evidence to suggest that his grave was covered by a barrow, but as there is evidence for a timber mortuary chamber, there may once have been a small mound of earth or turf.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:92286543&refid=holomed_1 (224 words)

	Batchelor Families of wiltshire England
		In 980 the widow of King Edgar founded Amesbury Abbey, where Queen Guinevere of King Arthur legend is believed to have died.
		Amesbury is one of Wiltshire's most attractive little towns, the refuge of Guinevere, the centre for Shrewton, Durrington, Bulford, Figheldean, Boscombe Down, Durrington is 3 miles north of Amesbury.
		Figheldean is 4 miles north of Amesbury, including an area called Ablington, and Netheravon is 5 miles north west of Amesbury.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /ulmarra/webdoc3.htm (597 words)

	Amesbury archer < Treasure chest < Buried treasure: Finding our past (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Found during the building of a new school, this is the grave of a Bronze Age man who lived around the time that the largest stones at Stonehenge were being erected (about 4,300 years ago).
		Dubbed the 'Amesbury Archer' because he was found with a large number of flint arrowheads, he may have been more than just a hunter.
		He was also wealthy and important, as his grave also included some of the oldest gold objects ever found in Britain.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /buriedtreasure/treasurechest/amesbury (132 words)

	More Stonehenge Skeletons Found
		This is the 'Amesbury Archer' discovered in 2002.
		The latest find comes soon after another exciting discovery in the area - a skeleton known as 'The Amesbury Archer' or 'The King of Stonehenge' was found this time last year, in May 2002.
		He was found with close to a hundred other items buried with him, including arrowheads and gold hair decorations, the oldest gold found in the UK so far.
	www.show.me.uk /site/news/teachers/tPrehistory/STO176.html (290 words)

	Lycos Search : Archer
		Archer to use Dando link in perjury appeal...
		Millionaire novelist Lord Archer is given a four-year sentence for perjury and perverting the course of justice at the Old Bailey.
		Fred Archer was a farmer, author and humourist from Ashton-under-Hill, near Evesham in rural England.
	search.lycos.co.uk /cgi-bin/pursuit?query=Archer&cat=loc&lyca=MI&matchmode=and&mtemp=main&etemp (301 words)

	Cronaca: "Amesbury Archer" finds go on display
		It is now over a year since archaeologists, working on a routine excavation on the site of a proposed new school in Wiltshire, unearthed the richest Bronze Age burial yet found in Britain.
		Dating back to 2300 BC, it contained a male skeleton and a quantity of grave goods that suggested he was a warrior or even some kind of king.
		Because of the proximity, both in space and time, to the ancient monument, some experts dubbed the archer, 'The King of Stonehenge', suggesting he may have been involved in its construction, though others disagree.
	www.cronaca.com /archives/001336.html (318 words)

	Amesbury Archer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He was found during excavation in advance of a housing development at Amesbury in Wiltshire, and the man was dubbed the “Amesbury Archer” or the “King of Stonehenge” by the media.
		He has featured on several radio and TV programmes, including the BBC2 Ancestors series.
		This section gives full details, including the results of tests carried out in late 2002 to find out as much information about the Archer, and a second skeleton found nearby.
	www.missgien.net /archer/amesbury_archer.html (120 words)

	Ghost of a flea: Supernatural power dressing
		When archaeologists found the 4,300-year-old burial of an archer and metalworker at Amesbury in Wiltshire last year, they knew at once that they were looking at the remains of a great Bronze Age chieftain.
		British Archaeology magazine takes the Amesbury archer as an exemplory case of the talismanic properties ascribed to possessions by ancient peoples.
		It would be a mistake to imagine clothing and accessories had lost any of their symbolic, even supernatural power.
	www.ghostofaflea.com /archives/000184.html (134 words)

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