The Beaker people isotopes, mobility and diet in prehistoric Britain /

This book presents the results of a major project that sought to address a century-old question about the people who were buried with Beakers - the distinctive pottery of Continental origin that was current, predominantly in equally distinctive burials, in Britain from around 2450 BC. Who were these...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Parker Pearson, Michael, 1957- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : The Prehistoric Society : Oxbow Books, 2019.
Colección:Prehistoric Society research paper ; no. 7.
Temas:
To 1066
Beaker cultures > Great Britain.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Analysis.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Great Britain.
Civilisation du vase campaniforme > Grande-Bretagne.
Restes humains (Archéologie) > Analyse.
Restes humains (Archéologie) > Grande-Bretagne.
Antiquities
Beaker cultures
Human remains (Archaeology)
Human remains (Archaeology) > Analysis
Great Britain > History > To 1066.
Great Britain > Antiquities.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1066.
Great Britain
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • List of Figures and Tables ix
  • Contributors
  • Abstract
  • French Language Abstract
  • German Language Abstract
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes about radiocarbon dates and the use of the term 'east Yorkshire'
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Radiocarbon dates and their Bayesian modelling
  • 3. Economy and society in Beaker-period Britain
  • 4. The Beaker People Project individuals, their funerary practices and their grave goods
  • 5. Beakers and bodies in north-east Scotland: a regional and contextual study
  • 6. Aspects of human osteology and skeletal biology
  • 7. Dental microwear: 2D and 3D approaches
  • 8. Carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis
  • 9. Sulphur isotopic analysis
  • 10. Strontium isotopic analysis
  • 11. Oxygen isotopic analysis
  • 12. Synthesis, discussion and conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Appendices
  • Appendix 1. The pre-2500 BC individuals
  • Appendix 2. The post-1500 BC individuals
  • Appendix 3. Details of findspot location, current location of the human remains and bibliographic references for the skeletal material studied by the Beaker People Project
  • Appendix 4. Location group, period, incidence of association with Beaker or Food Vessel and sex and age identifications
  • Appendix 5. Analytical and dating work undertaken for the Beaker People Project and the Beakers and Bodies Project (plus other data used by these projects)
  • Appendix 6. Part 1. Details of the individuals studied in the Beakers and Bodies Project: findspot, identifier, NGR, find date, associations and radiocarbon dates Part 2. Osteological information and data on orientation and disposition in the grave of individuals studied in the Beakers and Bodies Project
  • Index.

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