Collared Urns: Of the Bronze Age in Great Britain and Ireland

By Ian H. Longworth

Collared Urns represent a unified pottery tradition in the prehistory of the British Isles. They serve the archaeologist not only as a source for defining the Bronze Age, but as the basis for understanding regional diversities and as a context for explaining social and cultural development. In this definitive study Dr Longworth bases his new and exhaustive analysis on a complete corpus of known Collared Urns. Each surviving example has been studied; this volume presents a detailed description, notes on the archaeological context and wherever possible, an analytical drawing. The resultant catalogue will serve as a reference book for all concerned with the prehistory of Britain and Ireland, while the discussion of the urns and their prehistoric context sets a firm foundation for the understanding of the Bronze Age.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521105927
• ISBN13: 9780521105927
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 3.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.3" x 11.7"