Characterisation of Deverel-Rimbury Pottery from Cranbourne Chase

Barrett, John C.; Bradley, Richard; Cleal, Rosamund; Pike, Herbert

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“…Pottery comes from settlements and cemeteries, and both exist in close proximity. Those vessels which were selected to accompany the ashes of the dead were drawn directly from the domestic repertoire, a point demonstrable at South Lodge Camp, Wiltshire (Barrett et al 1978) and Itford Hill, Sussex (Ellison in Holden 1972). In her recent discussion of the ceramics Ellison (1980a) has refined previous categories and presented the material as a tripartite hierarchy of fine wares, everyday wares and heavy duty wares similar in form to that suggested for Beaker assemblages by Clarke (1976).…”

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“…The situation is more complex when the bucket urns are brought into account, for Ellison has shown that a number of these types may occur in a particular region whilst other distributions cut across the regional assemblages which she has defined. A recent study of Deverel-Rimbury fabrics from Cranborne Chase has indicated that fine ware vessels share a common clay source, whilst the sharing of a number of clay sources for bucket urn production also occurred (Barrett et al 1978).…”

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The Pottery of the Later Bronze Age in Lowland England

Barrett

1980

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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This paper discusses the development of pottery styles in southern and eastern England during the first half of the first millennium B.C. The region discussed is Hawkes' Southern Province (1959, fig. 1), and excursions will also be made into the Eastern Province (fig. 1).The discussion of settlement sequences, and the dating of individual sites, is still largely dependent upon ceramic refuse derived from such sites. The analysis of settlement patterns for the earlier part of the first millennium B.C. thus rests upon our understanding of the ceramic traditions of that period, and this has led to considerable confusion. Two problems must be isolated at the outset. The first results from the re-evaluation of British Bronze Age chronology which took place in the 1950's, leading to Hawkes' 1960 scheme and then to Burgess' rather rigid reading of the evidence nine years later (Butler and Smith 1956; Smith, M. A. 1959; Smith, I. F. 1961; Hawkes 1960; Burgess 1969). The main effect, if we are to follow Burgess, was to draw Beakers, Food Vessels and most Urn forms back into an early Bronze Age the end of which, around 1400 B.C., was marked by the end of the Wessex grave series. As for the Middle and Late Bronze Age Burgess concluded that ‘over much of the British Isles there are no settlements, burials, defended sites, pottery, or other non-metallic cultural material which can safely be assigned to the Middle or Late Bronze Age. There are a few localized exceptions such as the Deverel-Rimbury culture and Flat-rim ware’ (Burgess 1969, 29).

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The Pottery of the Later Bronze Age in Lowland England

Barrett

1980

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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“…These mounds were located close to, but behind, the enclosure, a position which recalls the relationship between cemetery and settlement at Itford Hill in Sussex (Holden, 1972). The pottery in the Barrow Pleck cemetery was in the same fabric as that in the nearby settlement and suggests a comparable pattern (Barrett, Bradley, Cleal and Pike, 1978).…”

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The Earlier Prehistoric Settlement of Cranborne Chase-the First Results of Current Fieldwork

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Bradley²,

Green³

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SummaryThis paper offers a provisional assessment of the development of settlement in part of Cranborne Chase between the Mesolithic and the Late Bronze Age. It builds upon the results of Pitt Rivers' work in this region between 1880 and 1900, as well as more recent excavation and field survey. Special emphasis is placed on three factors: the relationship between activity in this area and settlement both in central Wessex and on the coastal plain; the place of the more prominent ‘public’ monuments in contemporary patterns of settlement and exchange; and the relationship between cemeteries and contemporary living sites. We present the first results from the extensive excavation of two Deverel-Rimbury enclosures and associated barrows, and a new analysis of Pitt Rivers' work on the urnfield at Handley Barrow 24.

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“…The General was the first person to suggest a direct link between South Lodge Camp and the Barrow Pleck cemetery, and this impression appears to be confirmed by Neutron Activation Analysis of pottery from these two parts of the site (Barrett, Bradley, Cleal & Pike, 1978, and further work since that time). As we have seen, there were originally six barrows in this cemetery, but two of these were probably in use before the field system developed, although each contained at least one Deverel-Rimbury deposit.…”

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South Lodge after Pitt Rivers

Barrett¹,

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Bowden³

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Between 1880 and 1893 General Pitt Rivers excavated two Bronze Age sites inside his park at Rushmore. In 1880 and 1884 he investigated a cemetery of six barrows at Barrow Pleck, and in 1893 he went on to examine the small enclosure known as South Lodge Camp, which is situated about 130m to the south. These excavations are reported in his volumes on Cranborne Chase, which are still referred to as a model of 'total publication' (Pitt Rivers, 1888, 1898; Alcock, 1978). The results of this work raised the possibility that here was a rare case of a prehistoric settlement associated with its cemetery, but other aspects of the sites, in particular the nature and chronology of the enclosure, have aroused greater interest among later generations of archaeologists. Until recently, it has been uncertain how far this published record can be reinterpreted. Since 1977 we have carried out fresh excavations on both sites. These have taken in the entire enclosure, parts of its field system and selective re-examination of the barrow cemetery. With the completion of that work we are able to offer a summary of the results and a comparison between our findings and those of the General. The first section of this account reconsiders Pitt Rivers's excavation and summarizes our main conclusions concerning his working methods. It is also a contribution to the current debate on the nature of archaeological publication. The second part describes the results of our own work on these sites between 1977 and 1981.

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Characterisation of Deverel-Rimbury Pottery from Cranbourne Chase

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The Pottery of the Later Bronze Age in Lowland England

The Pottery of the Later Bronze Age in Lowland England

The Earlier Prehistoric Settlement of Cranborne Chase-the First Results of Current Fieldwork

South Lodge after Pitt Rivers

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