Beaker people in Britain: migration, mobility and diet

Mike Parker Pearson; Andrew Chamberlain; Mandy Jay; Mike Richards; Alison Sheridan; Neil Curtis; Jane Evans; Gibson Alex; Margaret Hutchinson; Patrick Mahoney; Peter Marshall; Janet Montgomery; Stuart Needham; Sandra O'Mahoney; Maura Pellegrini; Neil Wilkin

doi:10.15184/aqy.2016.72

Beaker people in Britain: migration, mobility and diet

Mike Parker Pearson, Andrew Chamberlain, Mandy Jay, Mike Richards, Alison Sheridan, Neil Curtis, Jane Evans, Gibson Alex, Margaret Hutchinson, Patrick Mahoney, Peter Marshall, Janet Montgomery, Stuart Needham, Sandra O'Mahoney, Maura Pellegrini, Neil Wilkin

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The appearance of the distinctive ‘Beaker package’ marks an important horizon in British prehistory, but was it associated with immigrants to Britain or with indigenous converts? Analysis of the skeletal remains of 264 individuals from the British Chalcolithic–Early Bronze Age is revealing new information about the diet, migration and mobility of those buried with Beaker pottery and related material. Results indicate a considerable degree of mobility between childhood and death, but mostly within Britain rather than from Europe. Both migration and emulation appear to have had an important role in the adoption and spread of the Beaker package.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	620-637
Number of pages	18
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	90
Issue number	351
Early online date	17 May 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2016.72
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2016

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Garwood, R. (PI), Wogelius, R. (PI), Sansom, R. (CoI), Buckley, M. (CoI), Chamberlain, A. (CoI), Manning, P. (CoI), Egerton, V. (CoI), Sellers, W. (CoI), Nudds, J. (CoI), Bulot, L. G. (CoI), Brocklehurst, R. (PGR student), Brassey, C. A. (CoI), Keating, J. (CoI), La Porta, A. (CoI), Brocklehurst, R. (PGR student), Callender-Crowe, L. (PGR student), Wallace, E. (PGR student), Chester, J. (PGR student), Davenport, J. (PGR student), Tuley, K. (PGR student), Lomax, D. (Researcher), Reeves, J. (PGR student), Smart, C. (PGR student), Ferro, C. (PGR student), Karoullas, C. (PGR student), Heath, J. (PGR student), Dickson, A. (PGR student), Austin Sydes, L. (PGR student), McLean, C. (PGR student), Harvey, V. (PGR student) & Jones, K. (PI)
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