Food vessel pottery from Early Bronze Age funerary contexts in Northern England: a typological and contextual study

[摘要] This thesis demonstrates the significance of Food Vessel pottery and burial in NorthernEngland during the Early Bronze Age (c.2200 to 1800 cal BC). It represents the first originaland sustained study of this burial tradition for several decades. It is argued that the interwovenrelationships between Food Vessels, other ceramic types, and trade and exchangenetworks are both a reason why the tradition has posed interpretative problems forprehistorians, and a central component of its significance during the Early Bronze Age.The chronological relationships between British Food Vessels and other ceramic and funerarytraditions are reviewed using the first comprehensive and critically assessed dataset ofradiocarbon determinations. Previous approaches to Food Vessel typology are criticallyreviewed and a new approach based on the ‘potter’s perspective’ and contextual studies isproposed.A contextual approach is applied to Food Vessels from three regions of Northern England:the Northern Counties; North-East Yorkshire, the central lowlands and North-West England;and South-East Yorkshire. Each study reveals significant inter- and intra-regional similaritiesand differences in how Food Vessels were used and understood. The significance of FoodVessel pottery and burial is then discussed at a national scale.

[发布机构] University:University of Birmingham;Department:School of History and Cultures, Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology (CAHA)

[关键词] C Auxiliary Sciences of History;CB History of civilization