Collared Urns: Of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland

by Ian H. Longworth

• ISBN13: 9780521105927
• ISBN10: 0521105927
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-02
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Collared Urns represent a unified pottery tradition in the prehistory of the British Isles. They serve the archaeologist not only as a source for defining the Bronze Age, but as the basis for understanding regional diversities and as a context for explaining social and cultural development. In this definitive study Dr Longworth bases his new and exhaustive analysis on a complete corpus of known Collared Urns. Each surviving example has been studied; this volume presents a detailed description, notes on the archaeological context and wherever possible, an analytical drawing. The resultant catalogue will serve as a reference book for all concerned with the prehistory of Britain and Ireland, while the discussion of the urns and their prehistoric context sets a firm foundation for the understanding of the Bronze Age.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Fabric, form and decoration

The primary series

The secondary series

Funerary practices and associated grave furniture

Domestic and non-funerary contexts

Chronology

The Collared Urn tradition

Appendices

Notes

Bibliography

Abbreviations

Catalogue

Plates

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