Mike Parker Pearson
Bell Beaker people in Britain: migration, mobility and diet
Parker Pearson, Mike; Chamberlain, Andrew; Jay, Mandy; Richards, Mike; Sheridan, Alison; Curtis, Neil; Evans, Jane; Gibson, Alex; Hutchison, Margaret; Mahoney, Patrick; Marshall, Peter; Montgomery, Janet; Needham, Stuart; O’Mahoney, Sandra; Pellegrini, Maura; Wilkin, Neil
Authors
Andrew Chamberlain
Mandy Jay
Mike Richards
Alison Sheridan
Neil Curtis
Jane Evans
Alex Gibson
Margaret Hutchison
Patrick Mahoney
Peter Marshall
Professor Janet Montgomery janet.montgomery@durham.ac.uk
Professor
Stuart Needham
Sandra O’Mahoney
Maura Pellegrini
Neil Wilkin
Abstract
The appearance of the distinctive ‘Beaker package’ marks an important horizon in British prehistory, but was it associated with immigrants to Britain or with indigenous converts? Analysis of the skeletal remains of 264 individuals from the British Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age is revealing new information about the diet, migration and mobility of those buried with Beaker pottery and related material. Results indicate a considerable degree of mobility between childhood and death, but mostly within Britain rather than from Europe. Both migration and emulation appear to have had an important role in the adoption and spread of the Beaker package.
Citation
Parker Pearson, M., Chamberlain, A., Jay, M., Richards, M., Sheridan, A., Curtis, N., …Wilkin, N. (2016). Bell Beaker people in Britain: migration, mobility and diet. Antiquity, 90(351), 620-637. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.72
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 30, 2015 |
Online Publication Date | May 17, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Dec 2, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 7, 2015 |
Journal | Antiquity |
Print ISSN | 0003-598X |
Electronic ISSN | 1745-1744 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 90 |
Issue | 351 |
Pages | 620-637 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.72 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1425384 |
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd, 2016 This paper has been published in a revised form, subsequent to editorial input by Cambridge University Press, in 'Antiquity' (90: 351 (2016) 620-637) http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=AQY
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