event · evt_bi_deverel_rimbury_classification_use
Deverel–Rimbury ceramic and burial traditions
Regional pottery and cremation-burial traditions grouped under Deverel–Rimbury occur in parts of southern Britain during the Middle Bronze Age.
What is the evidence?
observation
Regional pottery and cremation-burial traditions grouped under Deverel–Rimbury occur in parts of southern Britain during the Middle Bronze Age.observed evidence
Regional pottery and cremation-burial traditions grouped under Deverel–Rimbury occur in parts of southern Britain during the Middle Bronze Age.The evidence records changing material and funerary practices. The label does not define a Deverel–Rimbury people, language or migration.
Inspect the sources →Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1550 BCE–1150 BCE
Precision: regional typological range
Chronology model: regionally resolved positive bce
moderatePositive BCE integers are used; the larger value is earlier. The range preserves archaeological and calibration uncertainty. The evidence records changing material and funerary practices. The label does not define a Deverel–Rimbury people, language or migration.
- supports · dates
History of Bronze Age research in Scotland, including summary chronologies — Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (2012)Provides explicit southern British and Scottish phase tables and cautions that southern British chronology cannot simply be transferred to Scotland.
Locator: Sections 1.2 and 1.2.5, Tables 1 and 2 - supports · dates
An Independent Chronology for British Bronze Age Metalwork: The Results of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Programme — Stuart Needham, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, David Coombs, Caroline Cartwright, Paul Pettitt (1997)Presents 46 radiocarbon measurements on organics physically associated with metalwork and revises Middle to Late Bronze Age phase chronology.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 55–107; chronological synthesis tables
Interpretation and caveats
The evidence records changing material and funerary practices. The label does not define a Deverel–Rimbury people, language or migration.
Event context
Classification
Event type: cultural practice and classification horizon
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Deverel–Rimbury ceramic and burial classification, Southern and eastern England archaeological search region, South-west England archaeological search region
Affected entities: Deverel–Rimbury ceramic and burial classification, Southern and eastern England archaeological search region, South-west England archaeological search region
Why it matters to the timeline
This regional-core event addresses a required scholarly label and explicitly separates classification from identity.
Research notes
- Provides explicit southern British and Scottish phase tables and cautions that southern British chronology cannot simply be transferred to Scotland. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: Sections 1.2 and 1.2.5, Tables 1 and 2.
- Presents 46 radiocarbon measurements on organics physically associated with metalwork and revises Middle to Late Bronze Age phase chronology. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: Abstract; pp. 55–107; chronological synthesis tables.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides evidence and date
History of Bronze Age research in Scotland, including summary chronologies — Scottish Archaeological Research Framework (2012)Provides explicit southern British and Scottish phase tables and cautions that southern British chronology cannot simply be transferred to Scotland.
Locator: Sections 1.2 and 1.2.5, Tables 1 and 2 - supports · provides evidence and date
An Independent Chronology for British Bronze Age Metalwork: The Results of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Programme — Stuart Needham, Christopher Bronk Ramsey, David Coombs, Caroline Cartwright, Paul Pettitt (1997)Presents 46 radiocarbon measurements on organics physically associated with metalwork and revises Middle to Late Bronze Age phase chronology.
Locator: Abstract; pp. 55–107; chronological synthesis tables