event · evt_bi_urnfield_comparative_horizon
Urnfield-related material and funerary comparisons
Cremation, ceramics and metalwork in Britain and Ireland have been compared with diverse continental Urnfield traditions.
What is the evidence?
observation
Cremation, ceramics and metalwork in Britain and Ireland have been compared with diverse continental Urnfield traditions.observed evidence
Cremation, ceramics and metalwork in Britain and Ireland have been compared with diverse continental Urnfield traditions.Comparison can support contact, shared technological repertoires or convergent practices. It does not by itself establish an invading Urnfield people or mass migration into the islands.
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.
1300 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: broad comparative horizon
Chronology model: regionally resolved positive bce
moderatePositive BCE integers are used; the larger value is earlier. The range preserves archaeological and calibration uncertainty. Comparison can support contact, shared technological repertoires or convergent practices. It does not by itself establish an invading Urnfield people or mass migration into the islands.
- 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 - 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
Interpretation and caveats
Comparison can support contact, shared technological repertoires or convergent practices. It does not by itself establish an invading Urnfield people or mass migration into the islands.
Event context
Classification
Event type: cross regional cultural comparison
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: cross regional context
People and places
Locations: Urnfield-related comparative horizon, Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone, North Sea interaction zone
Affected entities: Urnfield-related comparative horizon, Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone, North Sea interaction zone
Why it matters to the timeline
Included because continental comparisons materially shape interpretation of British and Irish objects and cremation; the connection is comparative and does not prove migration.
Research notes
- 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.
- 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.
Evidence and sources
- 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 - 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
Referenced records
- North Sea interaction zone · entity
- Channel and Atlantic façade interaction zone · entity
- Urnfield-related comparative horizon · entity