Name: Pottery and People in Ancient Britain: The “Beaker” Phenomenon
Start: 2025-01-22T11:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-22T12:00:00+00:00
Location: Nicholson Building: Lecture Theatre

$Pottery and People in Ancient Britain: The \u201cBeaker\u201d Phenomenon$

In this talk I will look at the evidence for the uses for, and interpretations of, Beaker pottery in this country.
About this Event

The transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age in Britain is marked by the introduction of a number of new technologies, practices and artefacts. Many of these changes seem to be accompanied by a group of people who have been identified by their association with a new type of pottery known as a "Beaker", which has given these people their name - Beaker People, or Beaker Folk. What, then, is it that is so important about this type of pottery then? In this talk I will look at the evidence for the uses for, and interpretations of, Beaker pottery in this country. This talk will interest anyone thinking of taking Jonathan’s coming course: “Identifying the Archaeology of Prehistoric Britain” (beginning Wednesday 12th February).