Production and Distribution of Pottery and Salt in Iron Age Britain: a Review

Morris, Elaine L.

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“…It is argued below that physical distance from source may not have been the key factor in the importance of this material, as might be implied in models emphasizing communities' perceptions of this material as ‘exotic’ (e.g. Morris 1994b). Instead, the biographies and meaning of key locales in the landscape where material came from, the material itself and those imbued by the exchange of material were potentially of greater importance.…”

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“…Major changes in pottery manufacture in the region appear to have taken place around the middle centuries of the first millennium BC. An apparent emphasis on local pottery manufacture in the earlier first millennium (Morris 1994b, 377; 1994a) declined with an increasing emphasis on the consumption of regionally manufactured pottery (Morris 1983b; 1994b).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These included a range of fabrics deriving from the Malvern Hills area which were exchanged up to 70 km from the source, as far west as Herefordshire and eastwards to the Thames Valley, with distribution focused on sites in the Severn Valley and Cotswold ridge (Fig. 1; Morris 1983b; 1994b; Moore in press a). To the south ‘Glastonbury’ (South‐Western decorated) wares, with a variety of sources, some fabrics deriving from the Mendip hills, were exchanged over a wide area around the Somerset Levels and lower Severn Valley (Fig.…”

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“…The difference between locally and ‘regionally’ produced material can be defined most easily in terms of ceramics made from clays obtainable locally, frequently specified as within 10 km of the site, compared with those obtained from further afield (Morris 1994b, 372; see also Arnold 1985, 33–60). In this instance, this is up to c .70–80 km for ceramics and quern stones but more frequently between c .20–40 km.…”

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Perceiving Communities: Exchange, Landscapes and Social Networks in the Later Iron Age of Western Britain

Moore¹

2007

Oxford J Archaeology

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Summary. In recent years British Iron Age studies have focused on regionality whilst critiquing the hierarchical model of Iron Age society. Despite the success of these approaches there has been little detailed replacement of previous social models with an understanding of how Iron Age societies worked. Looking at the later Iron Age of western Britain this paper combines examination of the exchange of material culture alongside study of the landscape to explore the nature of Iron Age communities. It is argued that Iron Age societies in the region used material culture to construct and maintain social relationships, while using visual landscape references allowed groups to engage in larger perceived communities.

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Section: Production and Exchange In Western Britainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Production and Exchange In Western Britainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Production and Exchange In Western Britainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Production and Exchange In Western Britainmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Perceiving Communities: Exchange, Landscapes and Social Networks in the Later Iron Age of Western Britain

Moore¹

2007

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…Local procurement of resources for pottery production amongst sedentary, agricultural communities has been defined as normally up to 7 km for the clay and 10 km for tempering additives (Arnold 1985;Morris 1994;Morris and Woodward 2003, 289). This model may be unsuitable, however, for mobile or semi-sedentary groups during the earlier Neolithic in Britain.…”

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A Neolithic and Bronze Age Monument Complex and its Early Medieval Reuse: Excavations at Netherfield Farm, South Petherton, Somerset, 2006

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Anderson-Whymark³

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Archaeological Journal

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A Neolithic and Bronze Age Monument Complex and its Early Medieval Reuse: Excavations at Netherfield Farm, South Petherton, Somerset, 2006 a n d r e w m u d d a n d m a r k b r e t t With contributions by An early Neolithic causewayed enclosure, a middle Neolithic long enclosure and an earlier Bronze Age open enclosure were among a group of prehistoric features discovered and examined by excavation at Netherfield Farm, South Petherton during archaeological mitigation work ahead of the construction of a natural gas pipeline between Ilchester and Barrington, Somerset, in 2006.Of particular interest were burnt deposits within the long enclosure ditches and a possible Bronze Age field system. Assemblages of pottery and flintwork contribute to the understanding of these features and a programme of radiocarbon dating has amplified the chronology of activity on the site. Evidence from a group of burnt and unburnt pits and a partial enclosure reveal the reuse of the site between the fifth and eighth centuries AD. INTRODUCTIONThe discovery and partial excavation of a group of prehistoric monuments at Netherfield Farm, South Petherton, in Somerset provides new information on the distribution and use of monumental architecture in Neolithic and Bronze Age Britain. The group comprised an extensive spread of remains, including a causewayed enclo sure, a long enclosure and a linear arrangement of ring-ditches, and is the first of this type of complex to be found in Somerset. The small size of the causewayed enclosure and the low frequency of material found retrieved from its ditches explain its incon spicuous presence in the modern landscape. Conversely, the long enclosure contained relatively abundant charred plant remains and other finds. The nature of both these monuments makes the complex unusual in national terms since causewayed enclosures are usually the more archaeologically productive of the two. The pits and ditches on the site of Downloaded by [University of Arizona] at 07:55 14 June 2016 BACKGROUND

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The Pre-Roman Iron Age in Britain and Ireland (ca. 800 B.C. to A.D. 100): An overview

Hill

1995

J World Prehist

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Production and Distribution of Pottery and Salt in Iron Age Britain: a Review

Cited by 27 publications

References 31 publications

Perceiving Communities: Exchange, Landscapes and Social Networks in the Later Iron Age of Western Britain

Perceiving Communities: Exchange, Landscapes and Social Networks in the Later Iron Age of Western Britain

A Neolithic and Bronze Age Monument Complex and its Early Medieval Reuse: Excavations at Netherfield Farm, South Petherton, Somerset, 2006

The Pre-Roman Iron Age in Britain and Ireland (ca. 800 B.C. to A.D. 100): An overview

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