event · evt_bi_ewart_park_metalwork_horizon
Ewart Park metalwork horizon
A major association of swords, spearheads, axes, ornaments and scrap characterizes much of the final British Bronze Age.
What is the evidence?
observation
A major association of swords, spearheads, axes, ornaments and scrap characterizes much of the final British Bronze Age.observed evidence
A major association of swords, spearheads, axes, ornaments and scrap characterizes much of the final British Bronze Age.Ewart Park is a typological phase, not a people. Its hoards and watery finds reflect multiple production, circulation and depositional practices.
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.
950 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: typological phase range
Chronology model: regionally resolved positive bce
highPositive BCE integers are used; the larger value is earlier. The range preserves archaeological and calibration uncertainty. Ewart Park is a typological phase, not a people. Its hoards and watery finds reflect multiple production, circulation and depositional practices.
- 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
Random accumulation and breaking: The formation of Bronze Age scrap hoards in England and Wales — Rob Wiseman (2018)Uses a random accumulation and fragmentation model to argue that many scrap hoards may represent temporary stores for recycling rather than permanent ritual deposits.
Locator: Abstract; methods; results; discussion - supports · dates
Ewart Park sword from the River Thames — London MuseumCollection record for an Ewart Park sword from the Thames, including condition and dating.
Locator: Description, period and curator comments
Interpretation and caveats
Ewart Park is a typological phase, not a people. Its hoards and watery finds reflect multiple production, circulation and depositional practices.
Event context
Classification
Event type: metalwork phase
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Ewart Park metalwork phase
Affected entities: Ewart Park metalwork phase
Why it matters to the timeline
This regional-core event supplies the final main British Bronze Age metalwork framework and foregrounds deposition uncertainty.
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.
- Uses a random accumulation and fragmentation model to argue that many scrap hoards may represent temporary stores for recycling rather than permanent ritual deposits. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: Abstract; methods; results; discussion.
- Collection record for an Ewart Park sword from the Thames, including condition and dating. Role: provides evidence and date. Locator: Description, period and curator comments.
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
Random accumulation and breaking: The formation of Bronze Age scrap hoards in England and Wales — Rob Wiseman (2018)Uses a random accumulation and fragmentation model to argue that many scrap hoards may represent temporary stores for recycling rather than permanent ritual deposits.
Locator: Abstract; methods; results; discussion - supports · provides evidence and date
Ewart Park sword from the River Thames — London MuseumCollection record for an Ewart Park sword from the Thames, including condition and dating.
Locator: Description, period and curator comments
Referenced records
- Ewart Park metalwork phase · entity