Analysis of the Economic Foundations Supporting the Social Supremacy of the Beaker Groups
Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress (1–7 September, Burgos, Spain): Volume 6 / Session B36
Edited by Elisa Guerra Doce Edited by Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck
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Proceedings of the UISPP 2014 session ‘Analysis of the economic foundations supporting the social supremacy of the Beaker groups’. Papers presented at this session suggesting that Beaker groups may have controlled certain products and technologies.
The Bell Beaker phenomenon is one of the most fascinating horizons in European Later Prehistory, due to its vast geographical distribution, the intrinsic value of some of the artefacts comprising the Beaker package, or its supposed links to certain kinds of ritual ceremonies as shown by the frequent deposition of Beaker items in burial contexts. At present, the idea that the Beaker package is best interpreted as a symbol of power common to socially-prominent individuals by the mid-to-late third millennium BC is widely acknowledged by scholars in this field. From this point of view, the Beaker phenomenon is seen as the archaeological evidence representing an ideology which was shared by a number of prehistoric societies geographically scattered throughout much of Western and Central Europe, or, more specifically, was only shared by elite individuals within these territories. The strategies employed by these individuals to attain such privileged statuses, however, are poorly known. Therefore, in the framework of the XVII World UISPP Congress, held in September 2014 in Burgos (Spain), a session entitled ‘Analysis of the economic foundations supporting the social supremacy of the Beaker groups’ (B36) was organised by this volume’s two editors. The session focused mostly on examining this issue at a European level, and less on the study of the Beaker package itself, as a way of looking at the economic foundations that helped these individuals attain their higher social statuses. The proximity of Beaker sites to natural routes of communication highlights the importance of exchange networks through which people, objects and ideas may have circulated through Europe during this time. The Amesbury Archer in southern England is one of the best examples of interaction within Beaker territories. Having said this, considering that Beaker pots themselves were not exchanged over long distances, attention must be paid to other mechanisms of diffusion. The present volume comprises the papers presented at this session suggesting that Beaker groups may have controlled certain products and technologies.
Foreword to the XVII UISPP Congress Proceedings Series Edition (Luiz Oosterbeek)
Introduction (Elisa Guerra Doce and Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck)
Graves of metallurgists in the Moravian Beaker Cultures (Jaroslav Peska)
Bell Beaker funerary copper objects from the center of the Iberian Peninsula in the context of the Atlantic connections (Concepcion Blasco Bosqued, Ignacio Montero and Raul Flores Fernandez)
Bell Beaker connections along the Atlantic facade: the gold ornaments from Tablada del Rudron, Burgos, Spain (Andrew P. Fitzpatrick, German Delibes de Castro, Elisa Guerra Doce and Javier Velasco Vazquez)
Prestige indicators and Bell Beaker ware at Valencina de la Concepcion (Sevilla, Spain) (Ana Pajuelo Pando and Pedro M. Lopez Aldana)
Some prestige goods as evidence of interregional interactions in the funerary practices of the Bell Beaker groups of Central Iberia (Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck)
Salt and Beakers in the third millennium BC (Elisa Guerra Doce)
The role of flint arrowheads in Bell Beaker groups of the Central Iberian Peninsula (Patricia Rios Mendoza)
El Penon de la Zorra (Villena, Alicante, Spain): change and continuity in settlement pattern during Bell Beaker (Gabriel Garcia Atienzar)
Elements for the definition of the Bell Beaker horizon in the lower Ebro Valley: preliminary approaches (Anna Gomez, Patricia Rios Mendoza, Marc Piera and Miquel Molist), Foreword to the XVII UISPP Congress Proceedings Series Edition (Luiz OosterbeekElisa Guerra Doce and Corina Liesau von Lettow-VorbeckJaroslav PeškaConcepción Blasco Bosqued, Ignacio Montero and Raúl Flores FernándezAndrew P. Fitzpatrick, Germán Delibes de Castro, Elisa Guerra Doce and Javier Velasco VázquezAna Pajuelo Pando and Pedro M. López AldanaCorina Liesau von Lettow-VorbeckElisa Guerra DocePatricia Ríos MendozaGabriel García AtiénzarAnna Gómez, Patricia Ríos Mendoza, Marc Piera and Miquel Molist)
- Edited by Elisa Guerra Doce
- Edited by Corina Liesau von Lettow-Vorbeck
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