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Lavant drum
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The '''Lavant drum''' is small cylindrical [[Neolithic]] chalk object excavated in 1993. It is the only known analogue to the [[Folkton Drums|Folkton drums]], discovered over a century earlier.<ref></ref> Unlike the Folkton drums, the Lavant drum is undecorated; however, it may be that earlier markings have been worn away.<ref name=":0">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The drum was associated with a [[Glossary of archaeology|sherd]] of [[Mortlake Ware]], which implies a Middle Neolithic date.<ref name=":1">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> It is currently held at [[Chichester]] Museum.<ref name=":1" />
Anne Teather, Andrew Chamberlain and [[Mike Parker Pearson]] have recently proposed that the Folkton and Lavant drums were tools to measure cord to standard lengths which were used in the construction of monuments such as [[Stonehenge]] and the timer circle at [[Durrington Walls]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The circumference of each of the drums corresponds to a subdivision of 10 Neolithic 'long feet'. Chamberlain and Parker Pearson propose that the Neolithic long foot is equivalent to 1.056 modern feet or 0.3219 meters.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> The Lavant drum's circumference of 361.3mm corresponds to 1.1225 long feet or 1/9 of ten long feet.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The drum was discovered in 1993 as part of the excavation of Chalk Pit Lane, [[Lavant, West Sussex|Lavant]], [[West Sussex]]. The excavation was not published due to the insolvency of Southern Archaeology, who took over the Chichester and District Archaeology Unit which carried out the original excavation. It was identified as being similar to the Folkton drum in 2005 by Anne Teather.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
[[Category:Archaeological artifacts]]
[[Category:Neolithic England]]
Anne Teather, Andrew Chamberlain and [[Mike Parker Pearson]] have recently proposed that the Folkton and Lavant drums were tools to measure cord to standard lengths which were used in the construction of monuments such as [[Stonehenge]] and the timer circle at [[Durrington Walls]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The circumference of each of the drums corresponds to a subdivision of 10 Neolithic 'long feet'. Chamberlain and Parker Pearson propose that the Neolithic long foot is equivalent to 1.056 modern feet or 0.3219 meters.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref></ref> The Lavant drum's circumference of 361.3mm corresponds to 1.1225 long feet or 1/9 of ten long feet.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The drum was discovered in 1993 as part of the excavation of Chalk Pit Lane, [[Lavant, West Sussex|Lavant]], [[West Sussex]]. The excavation was not published due to the insolvency of Southern Archaeology, who took over the Chichester and District Archaeology Unit which carried out the original excavation. It was identified as being similar to the Folkton drum in 2005 by Anne Teather.<ref name=":0" />
== References ==
[[Category:Archaeological artifacts]]
[[Category:Neolithic England]]
December 10, 2019 at 03:57AM
