Taylor, J. J. (1968). Early Bronze Age gold neck-rings in western Europe. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 34. Vol 34, pp. 259-265.
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Early Bronze Age gold neck-rings in western Europe | |||
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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 34 | |||
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The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society | |||
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34 | |||
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259 - 265 | |||
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The gold lunulae of W Europe are the products of a distinctive sheet-working school which in style and technique lies between Beaker and Wessex Culture traditions. Related to the lunulae by their broadened terminals are three copper neck-rings from Oxfordshire, Aberdeenshire and Caernarvonshire. Versions of these in gold come from Kerivoa (Côtes du Nord) and Arlon (Belgium) - these should not, pace Butler, be classed with Scandinavian oar-ended objects. Associated with the Kerivoa fragments were three lunulae, suggesting that gold neck-rings were in fact partly-made lunulae; experiment showed that a rod of similar dimensions could be beaten into a lunula-shape. The formalised classical decoration of the Irish lunulae and a few exports is not seen on the provincial variants from Scotland, Wales and Brittany, where a decorative technique closely allied to Beaker dot-line motif was preferred. Datable associations are lacking, but production of lunulae probably reached its peak as Beaker traditions gradually gave way to those of the Wessex Culture. | |||
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1968 | |||
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05 Dec 2008 |
