Book
The bell beaker cultures of Spain and Portugal
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University • (35) • Published In 1977 • Pages: xx, 257
By: Harrison, Richard J. (Richard John).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the Bell Beaker culture of Spain and Portugal, written in an attempt to throw some light on one of the most vexing problems in the archaeology of the late Neolithic period in western Europe, namely the formation, distribution, and origins of the Beaker people. Harrison methodically examines the history of Beaker research in Iberia, discusses his own methods of analysis, and presents a detailed study of Beaker pottery typology. Next he explores the quality and extent of the archaeological data from the various sites in Portugal and Spain -- the Tagus estuary, north Portugal and Galicia, the Meseta region, Andalucia, Cataluna and the Levant, and central Europe. The remainder of the study consists of a catalogue of the individual sites from the regions listed above. Each entry references and describes the site, discusses any stratigraphy or C-14 dates, and describes the Beaker material (with a heavy emphasis on Beaker pottery as a diagnostic feature of the culture).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Maps
- Ceramic technology
- Weapons
- General tools
- Visual arts
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- Typologies and classifications
- Archaeological inventories
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Bell Beaker
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- General Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard J. Harrison
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-257)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 76052631
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Bell beaker culture