Revisiting Old Friends: The Production, Distribution and Use of <scp>P</scp>eterborough <scp>W</scp>are in <scp>B</scp>ritain

Ard, Vincent; Darvill, Timothy

doi:10.1111/ojoa.12046

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“…Importantly the date for the Garboldisham macehead firmly locates it within the established date range of Peterborough/Impressed Ware (Ard & Darvill 2015) of c . 3400–2800 cal bc .…”

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confidence: 61%

The Garboldisham Macehead: its Manufacture, Date, Archaeological Context and Significance

Jones

Díaz-Guardamino

Gibson

et al. 2017

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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The paper discusses the Garboldisham macehead: an unusual decorated macehead carved from red deer antler. The macehead was found in the 1960s deposited in a tributary of the river Little Ouse, Norfolk and is decorated with three spirals, making it especially significant. This paper reports on the analysis of the decoration using digital imaging, discusses a new radiocarbon date recently obtained for the artefact, and discusses its significance alongside other dated antler maceheads.

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“…Importantly the date for the Garboldisham macehead firmly locates it within the established date range of Peterborough/Impressed Ware (Ard & Darvill 2015) of c . 3400–2800 cal bc .…”

Section: Significancementioning

confidence: 61%

The Garboldisham Macehead: its Manufacture, Date, Archaeological Context and Significance

Jones

Díaz-Guardamino

Gibson

et al. 2017

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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“…While Ronaldsway pottery was less frequently and less intensively decorated than Middle Neolithic impressed wares in Britain and Irish Neolithic bowls, some were marked with circular depressions around the rim (as was a vessel from Ehenside Tarn, Cumbria: Herity 1982, 398). We suggest that Ronaldsway vessels could potentially date from as early as c. 3400 cal BC, making their genesis roughly contemporary with Peterborough Ware pottery in Britain (Ard & Darvill 2015). The vessels were sometimes deployed in a tradition of burying cremated bone in pits which might have started some time before the development of this ceramic tradition.…”

Section: Rethinking Ronaldsway: Burials Of Cremated Remains In the Middle And Late Neolithic Of The Isle Of Manmentioning

confidence: 97%

Change and Diversity in Neolithic Mortuary Practices on the Isle of Man

Fowler¹,

Crellin²,

Gamble³

2021

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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While the Early Neolithic chambered tombs of the Isle of Man are well known and the Late Neolithic has been clearly defined with reference to a distinctive suite of artefacts, little is known about the Middle Neolithic. This article reports on 17 new Neolithic radiocarbon dates from cremated human remains from the Isle of Man. These identify five burials in cists as Middle Neolithic and indicate new sequences of activity at cemeteries starting in the Middle Neolithic. Each of these sites is examined in detail. The dates also spur a reconsideration of the development of Ronaldsway pottery and the integration of Grooved Ware pottery and motifs into early 3rd millennium practice on the island. The paper ends with a consideration of the changing effects of mortuary practices throughout the Neolithic on the Isle of Man and a discussion of connections with Middle and Late Neolithic activity in Ireland and Britain.

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“…Yet, during the Middle Neolithic (c. 3400-3000 BC), these cultural links disappeared as material culture styles diverged on both sides of the Channel. This was a period with very few direct imports to mainland Britain (and specifically Wessex) of either architectural styles or portable artefacts from mainland Europe (Ard and Darvill 2015;Bradley et al 2016, 116-17;Walker 2018). In the opposite direction, there is just one instance of a mainland European site with Middle Neolithic Peterborough Ware, from Spiennes, Belgium (Verheyleweghen 1964;Ard and Darvill 2015).…”

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A veritable confusion: use and abuse of isotope analysis in archaeology

Madgwick

Lamb

Sloane

et al. 2021

Archaeological Journal

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The expansion of isotope analyses has transformed the study of past migration and mobility, sometimes providing unexpected and intriguing results. This has, in turn, led to media attention (and concomitant misrepresentation) and scepticism from some archaeologists. Such scepticism is healthy and not always without foundation. Isotope analysis is yet to reach full maturity and challenging issues remain, concerning diagenesis, biosphere mapping resolution and knowledge of the drivers of variation. Bold and over-simplistic interpretations have been presented, especially when relying on single isotope proxies, and researchers have at times been accused of following specific agendas. It is therefore vital to integrate archaeological and environmental evidence to support interpretation. Most importantly, the use of multiple isotope proxies is key: isotope analysis is an exclusive approach and therefore single analyses provide only limited resolution. The growth in isotope research has led to a growth in rebuttals and counter-narratives. Such rebuttals warrant the same critical appraisal that is applied to original research, both of evidence for their assertions and the potential for underlying agendas. This paper takes a case study-based approach focusing on pig movements to Neolithic henge complexes to explore the dangers encountered in secondary use of isotope data.

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Revisiting Old Friends: The Production, Distribution and Use of Peterborough Ware in Britain

Cited by 16 publications

References 39 publications

The Garboldisham Macehead: its Manufacture, Date, Archaeological Context and Significance

The Garboldisham Macehead: its Manufacture, Date, Archaeological Context and Significance

Change and Diversity in Neolithic Mortuary Practices on the Isle of Man

A veritable confusion: use and abuse of isotope analysis in archaeology

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