10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEAKER FOLK»
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Beaker folk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Prehistory of European Society
The metallurgical techniques that Beaker-folk diffused were of course East
Mediterranean - their daggers were mounted in a manner that had been
distinctive of Egypt since Predynastic times93 - though their products are inferior
in every ...
2
Encyclopedia of the Ancient World
The Beaker Folk LEFT: A black-figure Attic amphora from the sixth century b.C.
The black figures were painted in glossy black pigment on the orange-red
polished surface. Details were added by incising lines or with small touches of
white.
3
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Irish History and Culture
These groups are known by the following names: > The Beaker Folk >• The Food
Vessel People >• The Cinerary Urn People These newcomers were sophisticated
in their farming and stockbreeding techniques and, more importantly, ...
4
Early Ireland: An Introduction to Irish Prehistory
In the older view, and indeed in the view still held by some archaeologists, the
Beaker Folk migration theory could conveniently be used to explain a number of
important changes in the archaeological record of the Late Neolithic/Metal Age ...
Michael J. O'Kelly, Claire O'Kelly, 1989
5
The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age
Such a 'homeland' would not only have provided the source of the Beaker
material culture, but would also have corresponded to the cradle of the Beaker
civilization, out of which the so-called 'Beaker Folk' would have sprung to reach ...
Anthony Harding, Harry Fokkens, 2013
6
Europe before Rome: A Site-by-Site Tour of the Stone, ...
The presence of the new metals and the evidence for mobility suggested to some
that the Bell Beaker folk were metal smiths, tinkers traveling across Western
Europe. Others have pointed to the evidence for beer and mead residues in
some ...
For instance, during the proposed Beaker Folk expansion and migration towards
the end of the third millennium B.C, the building of megalithic tombs (i.e.
constructed of large stones) ended in western Continental Europe. The
knowledge of ...
8
Treasures of Early Irish Art, 1500 B.C. to 1500 A.D.: From ...
To judge from the products of archaeological excavations, the beaker folk settled
largely in the north of Ireland, and in the east as far south as Dublin Bay. They
probably crossed the Irish Sea in several waves from southwestern Scotland and
...
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 1977
9
An Early History of Horsemanship
Further dispersal to western and southern Europe seems to have been due
mainly to another group of tribes, the bell-beaker folk, whose culture flourished
from 2100 to 1700 B. C. Among their pottery there is consistently a small
terracotta ...
10
The Archaeology of Human Bones
Discussion of the British Beaker and Japanese Yayoi Examples There are a
number of parallels between the problem of the British 'Beaker Folk' and the '
Yayoi Folk' of Japan. Both Japan and Britain are islands situated close to large ...
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEAKER FOLK»
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Beaker folk is used in the context of the following news items.
It's famous for penis beakers and politicians' biscuits... but what's …
Or, as Johnson described them: “the poor beaker folk, who I always thought of as a late Stone Age culture of the kind envisaged in the Green ... «Evening Standard, Mar 15»
Archaeological dig uncovers 10000 years of Northumberland history
The Beaker folk brought with them the ability to work metal, and the cairn builders may have originally come from the Rhineland. “Overall it ... «The Journal, Dec 14»
Felixstowe: Heritage weekend set to be resort's biggest yet
... at least 12 different static displays all related to Felixstowe and its rich heritage – including Felixstowe Photographic Society, the Beaker Folk, ... «Ipswich Star, Sep 14»
Farmer builds first Neolithic-style burial chamber in Britain for 5000 …
Its two ends have been ploughed away and destroyed, but the remains of one of the Beaker folk, migrants into Britain in 2,500 BC who were ... «Daily Mail, Jun 14»
Making of Europe unlocked by DNA
The origins of the "Beaker folk" are the subject of much debate. Despite having been excavated from the Mittelelbe Saale region of Germany, ... «BBC News, Apr 13»
Jeremy Deller's inflatable Olympic Stonehenge, a big hit with young …
“It was not the druids who built it, apparently it was the Beaker folk who were from the Stone to Bronze Age. It is brilliant. It is a joke, it is silly, it is ... «Camden New Journal newspapers website, Aug 12»
Liverpool Music Week Line Up
Bombay Bicycle Club perform at the Masque Theatre on the 4th November with support from The Sand Band, Beaker Folk of the Bronze Age, Dirtblonde, Novice ... «ClashMusic.com, Oct 09»
Like the Pharaohs, we're getting buried by our own possessions
We may smile at the English Beaker folk, so called because they liked to be buried in the company of their favourite ceramic beakers. We may ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 09»
