Source/Archive record SEM341457 - The Beaker People: Isotopes, Mobility and Diet in Prehistoric Britain

Type Monograph
Title The Beaker People: Isotopes, Mobility and Diet in Prehistoric Britain
Author/Originator
Date/Year 2019
Publisher Oxbow, Oxford, Prehistoric Society Research Paper 7

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Abstract/Summary

The results of a major project about the people who were buried with Beakers in Britain from around 2450 BC. Around 300 skeletons were subjected to isotope analysis to explore patterns of mobility and diet, and 150 new radiocarbon dates were obtained. Dental microwear was examined for 64 individuals to provide further information about the food they had eaten, and new information on the sex and age of 201 people obtained. A comparative study was undertaken of the shape and size of Beaker users’ skulls and those of Neolithic people in the Peak District of England, to examine the long-held claim that there was a switch from long-headed to round-headed people with the appearance of Beakers. Tantalising evidence for head-binding among Neolithic people was found. The range of objects found in Beaker graves was reviewed. Includes burial from Culbone.

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Referenced Monuments (1)

  • Bronze Age cist burial east of Yenworthy Common (possibly Culbone Cist) (Monument)

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