The Bell Beaker Culture in All Its Forms

Proceedings of the 22nd meeting of the ‘Archeologie et Gobelets’ Association which took place in Geneva, Switzerland in January 2021. The book is structured in three parts: Archaeological Material, Funerary Archaeology and Anthropology, and Reconstructing Bell Beaker Society.

The Bell Beaker Culture in All its Forms contains the proceedings of the 22nd meeting of the ‘Archeologie et Gobelets’ Association which took place in Geneva, Switzerland in January 2021. The book is structured in three parts: Archaeological Material demonstrates how ceramics, lithics, wrist guards, and metal artifacts contribute to our understanding of the Bell Beaker Culture. Funerary Archaeology and Anthropology considers how the particular context of death and the human skeleton can be employed to gain information on Bell Beaker populations. The final section, Reconstructing Bell Beaker Society, builds upon archaeological evidence to discuss site interpretations as well as the wide-reaching topics of ritual, culture, and symbolism. With the publication of these proceedings, it is hoped that the conference interactions can facilitate future research and discussions on Bell Beaker societies and their roles within Neolithic Europe and beyond.

Foreword - Marie Besse In Memory of Daniela Kern - Andrew Fitzpatrick In Memory of Alain Gallay - Marie Besse 1. Archaeological Material Bell Beaker and Epi-Bell Beaker in the Florentine Area: Metallurgical and Pottery Evidence from the Site of Fosso Di Lumino (Florence, Italy) - Chiara De Marco, Pasquino Pallecchi and Lucia Sarti Bell Beaker Lithic Assemblages in the Florentine Area: Revisions, New Studies and Updates - Isabella Matera and Lucia Sarti Bell Beaker Lithic Industry Between France and Italy: New Insights from Lombardy and Languedoc - Isabella Matera, Robin Furestier and Domenico Lo Vetro Pottery Chaines Operatoires as a Tool to Approach the Integration of the Bell Beaker Phenomenon: The 'Petit-Chasseur' Necropolis as a Case Study - Eve Derenne, Delia Carloni and Marie Besse The Bell Beaker and Early Bronze Age Decorated Ware from the Preventive Excavations at 35 Auguste Isaac Street (Lyon 9e, Rhone, France) - Pierre-Jerome Rey and Jean-Michel Treffort Degrees of Investment in Bell Beaker Ceramics from North-West France - Quentin Favrel A Bipartite Network Analysis of Bell Beaker Decoration Diversity in Camino De Las Yeseras (Madrid, Spain) - Agnes Caraglio, Patricia Rios and Corina Liesau Chalcolithic Bell Beaker Pottery from a Habitational Context at the El Portalon De Cueva Mayor Site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) - Amalia Perez-Romero, Marta Frances-Negro, Eneko Iriarte, Maria A. Galindo-Pellicena, Rebeca Garcia, Laura Rodriguez, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Alfonso Alday and Jose M. Carretero Stone Bracers in Continental Western Europe. New Insights from Bell Beaker and Early Bronze Age Contexts - Julien Vitani and Maxence Bailly 2. Funerary Archaeology and Anthropology St-Martin-de-Corleans (Aosta, Italy) Tomb TII: The Chronological and Cultural Sequence - Philippe Curdy, Angela Maria Ferroni, Giovanna Pizziolo, Raffaella Poggiani Keller, Lucia Sarti, Marco Baioni, Domenico Lo Vetro and Simona Marongiu The Bell Beaker Phenomenon in the Southern Upper Rhine Valley. A Presentation of Old and New Excavated Graves of the South Baden Group in Germany - Katalin Puster Health and Diseases in Commingled Remains from Final Neolithic and Bell Beaker Populations: The Site of Petit-Chasseur, Sion, Valais, Switzerland - Claudine Abegg Examining the Role of Bell Beaker Archery through Techno-Functional and Osteological Analyses: Reinvestigating the Hostice-I Cemetery (Czech Republic) - Jessica Ryan-Despraz and Clement Nicolas 3. Reconstructing Bell Beaker Society Mind the Gap: Bell Beaker Presence in Copper Age Campania, Southern Italy - Paola Aurino and Maria De Falco On the Edge of the Swamp. Absorption and Transformation of the Bell Beaker Phenomenon in the Later Copper Age Settlement of Poggioreale (Naples - Italy) - Giuliana Boenzi and Viviana Germana Mancusi Torre Crognola (Northern Latium, Italy): A Large Settlement with Bell Beaker Findings - Pasquale Miranda, Giovanni Carboni, Vincenzo d'Ercole, Marco Pacciarelli and Massimo Pennacchioni Environmental and Economic Assets of the Bell Beaker Culture in the Florentine Plain (Italy). New Data from Fosso di Lumino - Matteo Penco and Lucia Sarti The Bell Beaker Rock Sanctuary Pigloner Kopf (South Tyrol, Italy): Burnt Offerings and Local Metallurgy in the Eastern Alps - Annaluisa Pedrotti, Ivana Angelini, Gilberto Artioli, Caterina Canovaro, Umberto Tecchiati and Hanns Oberrauch Beakers, Death and Monuments in the Ceremonial Landscape Around the Czech Mythical Mountain of Rip - Jan Turek and Petr Kristuf Commensality Through a Solar Cult. Ceramics, Social Practices and Symbolism Along the Atlantic Coast (2500-1650 BC) - Julien Ripoche and Theophane Nicolas Author Biographies, Foreword – Marie Besse In Memory of Daniela Kern – Andrew Fitzpatrick In Memory of Alain Gallay – Marie Besse 1. Archaeological Material Bell Beaker and Epi-Bell Beaker in the Florentine Area: Metallurgical and Pottery Evidence from the Site of Fosso Di Lumino (Florence, Italy) – Chiara De Marco, Pasquino Pallecchi and Lucia Sarti Bell Beaker Lithic Assemblages in the Florentine Area: Revisions, New Studies and Updates – Isabella Matera and Lucia Sarti Bell Beaker Lithic Industry Between France and Italy: New Insights from Lombardy and Languedoc – Isabella Matera, Robin Furestier and Domenico Lo Vetro Pottery Chaînes Opératoires as a Tool to Approach the Integration of the Bell Beaker Phenomenon: The ‘Petit-Chasseur’ Necropolis as a Case Study – Eve Derenne, Delia Carloni and Marie Besse The Bell Beaker and Early Bronze Age Decorated Ware from the Preventive Excavations at 35 Auguste Isaac Street (Lyon 9e, Rhône, France) – Pierre-Jérôme Rey and Jean-Michel Treffort Degrees of Investment in Bell Beaker Ceramics from North-West France – Quentin Favrel A Bipartite Network Analysis of Bell Beaker Decoration Diversity in Camino De Las Yeseras (Madrid, Spain) – Agnès Caraglio, Patricia Ríos and Corina Liesau Chalcolithic Bell Beaker Pottery from a Habitational Context at the El Portalón De Cueva Mayor Site (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain) – Amalia Pérez-Romero, Marta Francés-Negro, Eneko Iriarte, María Á. Galindo-Pellicena, Rebeca García, Laura Rodríguez, Juan Luis Arsuaga, Alfonso Alday and José M. Carretero Stone Bracers in Continental Western Europe. New Insights from Bell Beaker and Early Bronze Age Contexts – Julien Vitani and Maxence Bailly 2. Funerary Archaeology and Anthropology St-Martin-de-Corléans (Aosta, Italy) Tomb TII: The Chronological and Cultural Sequence – Philippe Curdy, Angela Maria Ferroni, Giovanna Pizziolo, Raffaella Poggiani Keller, Lucia Sarti, Marco Baioni, Domenico Lo Vetro and Simona Marongiu The Bell Beaker Phenomenon in the Southern Upper Rhine Valley. A Presentation of Old and New Excavated Graves of the South Baden Group in Germany – Katalin Puster Health and Diseases in Commingled Remains from Final Neolithic and Bell Beaker Populations: The Site of Petit-Chasseur, Sion, Valais, Switzerland – Claudine Abegg Examining the Role of Bell Beaker Archery through Techno-Functional and Osteological Analyses: Reinvestigating the Hoštice-I Cemetery (Czech Republic) – Jessica Ryan-Despraz and Clément Nicolas 3. Reconstructing Bell Beaker Society Mind the Gap: Bell Beaker Presence in Copper Age Campania, Southern Italy – Paola Aurino and Maria De Falco On the Edge of the Swamp. Absorption and Transformation of the Bell Beaker Phenomenon in the Later Copper Age Settlement of Poggioreale (Naples - Italy) – Giuliana Boenzi and Viviana Germana Mancusi Torre Crognola (Northern Latium, Italy): A Large Settlement with Bell Beaker Findings – Pasquale Miranda, Giovanni Carboni, Vincenzo d’Ercole, Marco Pacciarelli and Massimo Pennacchioni Environmental and Economic Assets of the Bell Beaker Culture in the Florentine Plain (Italy). New Data from Fosso di Lumino – Matteo Penco and Lucia Sarti The Bell Beaker Rock Sanctuary Pigloner Kopf (South Tyrol, Italy): Burnt Offerings and Local Metallurgy in the Eastern Alps – Annaluisa Pedrotti, Ivana Angelini, Gilberto Artioli, Caterina Canovaro, Umberto Tecchiati and Hanns Oberrauch Beakers, Death and Monuments in the Ceremonial Landscape Around the Czech Mythical Mountain of Říp – Jan Turek and Petr Krištuf Commensality Through a Solar Cult. Ceramics, Social Practices and Symbolism Along the Atlantic Coast (2500-1650 BC) – Julien Ripoche and Théophane Nicolas Author Biographies