Revisiting Grooved Ware: Understanding Ceramic Trajectories in Britain and Ireland, 3200–2400 cal BC

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Mike Copper Alasdair Whittle

Revisiting Grooved Ware

Understanding Ceramic Trajectories in Britain and Ireland, 3200–2400 cal BC

Mike Copper, Alasdair Whittle, Alison Sheridan

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English

Casemate Publishers
01 February 2024

Ceramic arts, pottery, glass; British & Irish history; Classical history & classical civilisation; Archaeology by period & region; Industrial archaeology

Following its appearance, arguably in Orkney in the 32nd century cal BC, Grooved Ware soon became widespread across Britain and Ireland, seemingly replacing earlier pottery styles and being deposited in contexts as varied as simple pits, passage tombs, ceremonial timber circles and henge monuments. As a result, Grooved Ware lies at the heart of many ongoing debates concerning social and economic developments at the end of the 4th and during the first half of the 3rd millennia cal BC.

Stemming from the 2022 Neolithic Studies Group autumn conference, and following on from Cleal and MacSween's 1999 NSG volume on Grooved Ware, this book presents a series of papers from researchers specializing in Grooved Ware pottery and the British and Irish Neolithic, offering both regional and thematic perspectives on this important ceramic tradition. Chapters cover the development of Grooved Ware in Orkney as well as the timing and nature of its appearance, development, and subsequent demise in different regions of Britain and Ireland. In addition, thematic papers consider what Grooved Ware can contribute to understandings of inter-regional interactions during the earlier 3rd millennium cal BC, the possible meaning of Grooved Ware's decorative motifs, and the thorny issue of the validity and significance of the various Grooved Ware sub-styles.

The book will be of great value not only to archaeologists and students with a specific interest in Grooved Ware pottery but also to those with a more general interest in the development of the Neolithic of Britain and Ireland.

AUTHORS: Mike Copper is a post-doctoral researcher based at the University of Bradford, where he completed his PhD on Hebridean Neolithic pottery in 2015. Mike's main research interests focus on the Scottish Neolithic and on Neolithic pottery more generally.

Alasdair Whittle is an emeritus research professor in archaeology at Cardiff University. He has worked extensively across Britain and Europe, specialising in the study of the Neolithic.

Alison Sheridan is emerita Principal Curator of Early Prehistory with National Museums Scotland and specialises in British and Irish Neolithic pottery and in the Neolithic period in this archipelago more generally.

Edited by: Mike Copper, Alasdair Whittle, Alison Sheridan
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 20
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 170mm,
ISBN: 9798888570326
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 01 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Mike Copper is a post-doctoral researcher based at the University of Bradford, where he completed his PhD on Hebridean Neolithic pottery in 2015. Mike's main research interests focus on the Scottish Neolithic and on Neolithic pottery more generally. Alasdair Whittle is an emeritus research professor in archaeology at Cardiff University. He has worked extensively across Britain and Europe, specialising in the study of the Neolithic. Alison Sheridan is emerita Principal Curator of Early Prehistory with National Museums Scotland and specialises in British and Irish Neolithic pottery and in the Neolithic period in this archipelago more generally.