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Beads and Beakers: heirlooms and relics in the British Early Bronze Age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ann Woodward
Ann Woodward*
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Institute of Archaeology & Antiquity, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, England
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Abstract

During extended biographies, some artefact types may have functioned at times as heirlooms or relics. It is possible to illustrate this process by studying fragmentation, and two case-studies involving British Beaker pottery and amber spacer plate beads are presented. Wider social and chronological implications are also considered.

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amber beadsBeaker potteryEarly Bronze Agefragmentationheirlooms
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Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 294 , December 2002 , pp. 1040 - 1047
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2002

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