Bronze Age Archive
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Stone ships show signs of maritime network in Baltic Sea region 3,000 years ago
Posted on March 25, 2013 | No CommentsIn the middle of the Bronze Age, around 1000 BC, the amount of metal objects increased dramatically in the Baltic Sea region. Around the same time, a new type of stone monument, arranged in the form of ships, started to appear along the coasts. -
A canon for the Bronze Age?
Posted on March 8, 2013 | No CommentsCatalogues and databases which are easily accessible to all interested parties regardless of their geographical location, occupation, background or purpose, provide a level playing field for research, publication and debate in the archaeology of the bronze age. The establishment of a canon of reliable, illustrated documentation of as many facets of the Bronze Age as are required, is a prerequisite to the future of our understanding of the Bronze Age. -
The Bronze Age climate and environment of Britain
Posted on March 7, 2013 | No CommentsTaking the major studies together it can be seen that there is a large degree of agreement in relation to the major trends. Indeed the noise which appears to be fairly equally if not normally, distributed over time is typical of that which might be expected due to differences in dating, different site sensitivity, and in regional variation. -
Prospects and potential in the archaeology of Bronze Age Britain
Posted on March 4, 2013 | No CommentsThis paper argues that although our discipline focuses increasingly on thematic research programmes, period-based approaches remain a valuable way of understanding the particularities of the social practices we study. Different aspects of the archaeological record - including settlement, burial, landscape and material culture - are examined in turn to identify a series of possible questions for future research. -
The Agenda Gap? Approaches to the Bronze Age in current research frameworks
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No CommentsHere I attempt a brief review and synthesis of the contents of these frameworks, and an assessment of current priorities in Bronze Age research. -
Information, Interaction and Society
Posted on February 25, 2013 | No CommentsThe use of data to analyse broader perspectives is not a straightforward process. Unpublished excavation reports, specialist reports, archaeological databases and theses comprise the -
Bronze Age pottery and settlements in southern England
Posted on February 24, 2013 | No CommentsWhat we need to do. Doctoral research involving artefact corpora appears to be unfashionable. However the compilation of such works for Food Vessels, accessory vessels and the Late Bronze Age styles is desperately needed; and the studies of Biconical Urns and MBA pottery (see above) need to be published. -
Bronze Age Fortifications: A Dualistic Interpretation
Posted on November 29, 2012 | No CommentsThe Cyclopean fortifications surrounding the Bronze Age sites of Mycenae, Tiryns, Athens, and Gla were constructed for two reasons: as a military defense system and as a tangible and persuasive articulation of wealth, power, and authority. -
Amber in the Ancient Near East
Posted on November 21, 2012 | No CommentsIn ancient India and Egypt, it was burned as incense, believed to purify temples and palaces. From antiquity, people have believed that amber has healing properties. -
Bulls and Bull-leaping in the Minoan World
Posted on November 21, 2012 | No CommentsA religious function is also suggested by the portrait-like quality of some rhyta. In contrast to the stylized depictions of priestesses, princes, and even deities, the Bull
