Polychrome pottery from the later neolithic of the Isle of Man

Authors: Darvill, T. and Andrews, K.

Journal: Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volume: 24

Issue: 3

Pages: 531-541

eISSN: 1474-0540

ISSN: 0959-7743

DOI: 10.1017/S095977431400078X

Abstract:

This article reports the discovery of colour-decorated pottery dating to the third millennium bc from the Isle of Man, the earliest yet known from the British Isles. Scientific studies of the vessel highlight technical aspects of its manufacture which are then used to situate the vessel in a wider social and cultural context through a brief review of its wider biography. The choice of colours - white, black and red - and their arrangement on the vessel walls are linked to wider north European symbolic schemes reflected also in contemporary pottery, mobiliary and rock art.

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Polychrome Pottery from the Later Neolithic of the Isle of Man

Authors: Darvill, T. and Andrews, K.

Journal: CAMBRIDGE ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNAL

Volume: 24

Issue: 3

Pages: 531-541

eISSN: 1474-0540

ISSN: 0959-7743

DOI: 10.1017/S095977431400078X

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Polychrome pottery from the later Neolithic of the Isle of Man

Authors: Darvill, T. and Andrews, K.

Journal: Cambridge Archaeological Journal

Volume: 24

Issue: 3

Pages: 531-541

ISSN: 0959-7743

DOI: 10.1017/S095977431400078X

Abstract:

This paper reports the discovery of colour-decorated pottery dating the third millennium BC from the Isle of Man, the earliest yet known from the British Isles. Scientific studies of the vessel highlight technical aspects of its manufacture which are then used to situate the vessel in a wider social and cultural context through a brief review of its wider biography. The choice of colours – white, black, and red – and their arrangement on the vessel walls are linked to wider north European symbolic schemes reflected also in contemporary pottery, mobiliary, and rock art.

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