‘Urnes of no small variety’: Collared Urns Reviewed.

Burgess, Colin

doi:10.1017/s0079497x00006745

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“…The form of the deep collar and neck has unequivocal Collared Urn affinity as do the decorative technique and motif. The vessel sits comfortably in Longworth's Primary Series (1984) and in the early Collared Urn group as defined by Burgess (1986). The height and the stopped shoulder ridge, however, also find parallel within the Food Vessel class and especially the 'Yorkshire Vases'.…”

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The Excavation of Barrow III, Irton Moor, North Yorkshire

Simpson¹,

Gibson²,

Malazarte-Smith³

et al. 2015

Yorkshire Archaeological Journal

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With contributions by Carole Keepax & Susan Limbrey Preamble (AMG)At his untimely death in 2006, Prof Derek Simpson left a number of unpublished excavation projects in Ireland, Scotland and England, many undertaken whilst he was working at Devizes Museum and then as lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Leicester. The Scottish backlog was largely cleared by a team of colleagues and post-excavation assistants working with Derek in his last academic post at Queen's University, Belfast, where he retired from the Chair of Archaeology in 2005. Some of these major excavation reports, most notably the Beaker settlement at Northton, Harris were, unfortunately, published posthumously (Simpson et al. 2006). With the aid of a small grant from English Heritage, and the help of Derek's widow, Nancy Simpson, the English material was recovered from QUB and from Derek's home (by AMG) and the archives assessed and collated. Archives relating to excavations at Rainham (Essex), Kings Newnham (Warwickshire) and Borough Hill (Leicestershire) were forwarded to the Museum of London, Warwickshire Museum Service and Leicester University Archaeological Services respectively as each of these organisations was engaged in related projects. The excavation archives of Irton Moor and Seamer Moor were retained at Bradford University as it was felt that they would be easy projects to complete and bring to publication.

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The Excavation of Barrow III, Irton Moor, North Yorkshire

Simpson¹,

Gibson²,

Malazarte-Smith³

et al. 2015

Yorkshire Archaeological Journal

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“…1700-1500 BC (see Longworth 1984, 79-80 andBurgess 1986, 342 for further comments). Secondary series vessels should be broadly contemporary with the Aldbourne-Edmonsham phase of Wessex graves.…”

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Excavations at Three Early Bronze Age Burial Monuments in Scotland

Russell-White¹,

Lowe²,

McCullagh³

et al. 1992

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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The excavations of the cemetery groups at Balneaves, Loanleven and Park of Tongland facilitate an examination of many aspects of Bronze Age burial practices in Scotland. They are notable as much for the differences in burial ritual they imply as for the very narrow chronological period in which they were used. The three sites produced a total of seventeen 14C dates, two of which are aberrant, with means of the remaining fifteen falling within a period of 250 years (3370–3610 bp in radiocarbon years). The excavations were sponsored by Historic Scotland (formerly Historic Buildings and Monuments, Scotland).At Balneaves, a penannular ditch enclosed sixteen features, including a group of seven pits with cremation burials, four of which were associated with a distinctive assemblage of collared urns. The cremated bone was well preserved. At least one large standing stone had been erected on the site, and this was buried in the medieval period.At Loanleven, only a segment of the enclosing ring-ditch survived, within which were four cists, two containing inhumations and two cremations, one of the latter (Cist 2) associated with a fragment of a food vessel. A decorated slab, in so-called ‘Passage Grave Style’, was recovered from Cist 1, and the same cist produced palynological evidence for grave furnishings in the form of a mat of plant material which probably underlay the body. 14C dates give a terminus ante quem of 3620±50 bp (GU–2543) for the re-use of the decorated slab, and a terminus post quem of 3410±50 bp (GU–2542) for the food vessel grave.Park of Tongland, regarded as a Four-Poster stone circle, was excavated after the fall of a standing stone. It was shown to be of multi-period construction, consisting of a cairn which overlay seven pits containing fragmentary cremation burials, two associated with collared urns. The standing stones may not all have been erect at the same time. A series of 14C dates fell within the range of 1480–1530 bc.

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“…The classification of Collared Urns into two chronological series: Primary and Secondary (Longworth 1984) was queried in terms of certain evidence of stratification and the growing number of radiocarbon dates (Burgess 1986). Burgess proposed a slightly more complex system whereby Collared Urns could be grouped as Early, Middle, or Late.…”

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Once a Sacred and Secluded Place: Early Bronze Age Monuments at Church Lawton, near Alsager, Cheshire

Reid¹,

Brooks²,

Innés³

et al. 2014

Proc. Prehist. Soc.

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Two round barrows were excavated in 1982-3 at Church Lawton near to the eastern edge of the Cheshire and Staffordshire Plain. One of the barrows was defined by a ring of nine glacial boulders and it is possible that these monoliths initially formed a free-standing stone circle. The remains constitute a rare example of the use of stone to enhance a Bronze Age barrow in the lowlands of central western England. Beneath the mound demarcated by the boulders were the burnt remains of a small, roughly rectangular turf stack associated with fragments of clay daub and pieces of timber. No direct evidence of burial was found within the monument. A radiocarbon date suggests that the structural sequence began sometime in the late 3rd-early 2nd millennium cal BC. The other barrow was principally a two-phased construction and contained urned and un-urned cremation burials. A battle-axe was placed next to one of the burials. Radiocarbon dates obtained from the cremations and associated deposits indicate that individuals were being interred from the late 3rd or early 2nd millennium cal BC, with the practice continuing until the middle of the 2nd millennium. The barrows formed part of a cemetery, consisting of three known mounds.

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‘Urnes of no small variety’: Collared Urns Reviewed.

Cited by 19 publications

References 9 publications

The Excavation of Barrow III, Irton Moor, North Yorkshire

The Excavation of Barrow III, Irton Moor, North Yorkshire

Excavations at Three Early Bronze Age Burial Monuments in Scotland

Once a Sacred and Secluded Place: Early Bronze Age Monuments at Church Lawton, near Alsager, Cheshire

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