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Appendix 4. Location group, period, incidence of association with Beaker or Food Vessel and sex and age identifications
No full textAppendix 4. Location group, period, incidence of association with Beaker or Food Vessel and sex and age identifications
No full textAppendix 5. Analytical and dating work undertaken for the Beaker People Project and the Beakers and Bodies Project (plus other data used by these projects)
No full textAppendix 5. Analytical and dating work undertaken for the Beaker People Project and the Beakers and Bodies Project (plus other data used by these projects)
No full textAppendix 3. Details of findspot location, current location of the human remains and bibliographic references for the skeletal material studied by the Beaker People Project
No full textAppendix 2. The post-1500 BC individuals
No full textNineteen individuals within the BPP database either produced radiocarbon dates that were later than the 2500-1500 BC core period, or else were attributed a post-1500 BC date on the basis of their find context and their unusual isotopic ratios. They range in date from the Middle Bronze Age to the post-medieval period
Introduction
No full text'In Great Britain the researches of craniologists have demonstrated that the appearance of bronzeand of the beaker types of ceramic coincides with the advent of a new race characterized by a brachycephalic skull distinctly different from the dolichocephalic head of the earlier neolithic inhabitants...it is therefore necessary to direct our attention to the Continent, whwnce came the invaders, in order to learn something of the pottery which most resembles what is found in the country.' (Abercromby 1912, 9).
'The Peyote cult [in Mexico and North America] shows how an artefact assemblage could be spread over great distances among very different societies without involving such familiar mechanisms as trade and migration. In very much the sam way of hypothetical Beaker cult package could have been adopted by the various societies of Europe, these outward signs of an influential beer-drinking cult being spread from group to grouo across Europe... [T]here is little evidence to suggest that great numbers of Beaker migrants were on the move. As elsewhere, if more positive means of transmission than inter-tribal contact have to bve found, there is no need to look further than traders and prospectors, adventurers and refugees.' (Burgess & Shennan 1976, 312).
'...migration had a key role in the dissmination of the Beaker complex. We document this phenomenon most clearly in Britain, where the spread of the Beaker complex introduced high levels of steppe-related ancestry and was associated with the replacement of approximately 90% of Britain's gene pool within a few hundred years, continuing the east-to-west expanison that had brought steppe-related ancestry into central and northern Europe over the previous centuries.' (olade et al. 2018)
Appendix 1. The pre-2500 BC individuals
No full textSome 17 individuals sampled for the BPP can be assigned to the Neolithic period, either on the basis of radiocarbon dating (n=12) or because of their contextual associations (n=5). In some cases (such as Liffs Low, Derbyshire) the selection had been deliberate: they were known to be Neolithic when they were chosen, with the intention being to provide comparative data; but in other cases, the individuals had been assumed to belong to the 2500-1500 BC core period and their dating came as a surprise. The new dates obtained by the BPP make a significant contribution to our understanding of Neolithic funerary practices in England
Appendix 1. The pre-2500 BC individuals
No full textSome 17 individuals sampled for the BPP can be assigned to the Neolithic period, either on the basis of radiocarbon dating (n=12) or because of their contextual associations (n=5). In some cases (such as Liffs Low, Derbyshire) the selection had been deliberate: they were known to be Neolithic when they were chosen, with the intention being to provide comparative data; but in other cases, the individuals had been assumed to belong to the 2500-1500 BC core period and their dating came as a surprise. The new dates obtained by the BPP make a significant contribution to our understanding of Neolithic funerary practices in England
Introduction
No full textIn Great Britain the researches of craniologists have demonstrated that the appearance of bronzeand of the beaker types of ceramic coincides with the advent of a new race characterized by a brachycephalic skull distinctly different from the dolichocephalic head of the earlier neolithic inhabitants...it is therefore necessary to direct our attention to the Continent, whwnce came the invaders, in order to learn something of the pottery which most resembles what is found in the country.' (Abercromby 1912, 9). 'The Peyote cult [in Mexico and North America] shows how an artefact assemblage could be spread over great distances among very different societies without involving such familiar mechanisms as trade and migration. In very much the sam way of hypothetical Beaker cult package could have been adopted by the various societies of Europe, these outward signs of an influential beer-drinking cult being spread from group to grouo across Europe... [T]here is little evidence to suggest that great numbers of Beaker migrants were on the move. As elsewhere, if more positive means of transmission than inter-tribal contact have to bve found, there is no need to look further than traders and prospectors, adventurers and refugees.' (Burgess & Shennan 1976, 312). '...migration had a key role in the dissmination of the Beaker complex. We document this phenomenon most clearly in Britain, where the spread of the Beaker complex introduced high levels of steppe-related ancestry and was associated with the replacement of approximately 90% of Britain's gene pool within a few hundred years, continuing the east-to-west expanison that had brought steppe-related ancestry into central and northern Europe over the previous centuries.' (olade et al. 2018)
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