Funerary and Related Cups of the British Bronze Age
By (author) Claire Copper By (author) Alex Gibson By (author) Deborah Hallam
Paperback (Published)
(June 2022)
ISBN: 9781803271668
6.85 x 9.65 inches
Price: $77.00
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Cups are the least studied of all Bronze Age funerary ceramics and their interpretations are still based on antiquarian speculation. This book presents the first study of these often highly decorated items including a fully referenced and illustrated national corpus that will form the basis for future studies.
Funerary and related cups of the British Bronze Age presents the first national corpus and study of these often highly decorated items. Cups are the least studied of all Bronze Age funerary ceramics and their interpretations are still based on antiquarian speculation. They are clearly ‘Urnes of no small Variety’ and previous attempts at classification have largely failed due to this variation. Their potential uses, technologies and associations are examined and many myths, such as their association with children and their role in accompanying other ceramics such as Collared Urns and Food Vessels are examined and questioned. Cups appear to have been grave goods in their own right and the term ‘accessory vessel’ is rejected. The book contains a fully referenced and illustrated national corpus that will form the basis for future studies.
Introduction ;
Chapter 1: A Potted History of Cups ;
Chapter 2: Cup Forms, Fabrics, Surface Treatments and Motifs ;
Chapter 3: Observations on the Technology and Use of Bronze Age Ceramic Cups ;
Chapter 4: The Archaeological Contexts of Cups ;
Chapter 5: Cups and Human Remains ;
Chapter 6: Associations and Chronology ;
Chapter 7: Cups: An Overview ;
Corpus ;
Bibliography ;
Appendix 1: Cup-Associated Burials ;
Appendix 2: The Association of Cups with Other Ceramics ;
Appendix 3: Cups and Associated Artefacts
- By (author) Claire Copper
- By (author) Alex Gibson
- By (author) Deborah Hallam
‘This book provides a new and welcome synthesis of a particularly enigmatic group of Bronze Age ceramics, which have been variously named, but which the authors choose to classify, justifiably, as cups. Drawing on a large dataset of over 770 cups collated by the authors from England, Scotland, and Wales, it provides a concise and logically ordered discussion of these objects, covering earlier research, physical form, construction, contexts, associations (particularly with human remains), and chronology, before concluding with the catalogue of material.’ – Edward Caswell (2023): Current Archaeology 395
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'Overall, the text dispels a number of misinterpretations about cups and their usage and, more importantly, discusses each aspect covered from the perspective of the most up-to-date modern understanding of funerary archaeology and its ceramics. The authors are to be congratulated in bringing this range of data on funerary cups to publication and providing a resource long needed for the British Early Bronze Age.' – Henrietta Quinnell (2023): Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol. 172
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