Anglo-Saxon ivory: exploring exotic artefacts from Scremby’s early medieval cemetery

In CA 349, we reported on the discovery of a previously unknown Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Scremby, Lincolnshire. Since the dig finished in 2019, study of the 49 graves and their contents has continued back in the laboratory, giving fascinating insights into the lives of those buried in the Lincolnshire chalk c.AD 480-540. Katie Hemer (UCL) and Hugh Willmott (University of Sheffield) reveal the findings from their work with colleagues Jane Evans and Michal Buckley on one of the most exotic Anglo-Saxon materials: ivory.