event · evt_bi_wilburton_metalwork_horizon
Wilburton metalwork horizon
Metalwork associations conventionally grouped as Wilburton span much of the twelfth to tenth centuries BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Metalwork associations conventionally grouped as Wilburton span much of the twelfth to tenth centuries BCE.observed evidence
Metalwork associations conventionally grouped as Wilburton span much of the twelfth to tenth centuries BCE.The phase is a useful typological framework, but absolute dates overlap with adjacent classifications and some associations date earlier than older schemes suggested.
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.
1150 BCE–950 BCE
Precision: typological phase with radiocarbon overlap
Chronology model: regionally resolved positive bce
moderatePositive BCE integers are used; the larger value is earlier. The range preserves archaeological and calibration uncertainty. The phase is a useful typological framework, but absolute dates overlap with adjacent classifications and some associations date earlier than older schemes suggested.
- 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
The phase is a useful typological framework, but absolute dates overlap with adjacent classifications and some associations date earlier than older schemes suggested.
Event context
Classification
Event type: metalwork phase
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Wilburton metalwork phase
Affected entities: Wilburton metalwork phase
Why it matters to the timeline
This regional-core event supplies the principal southern British later Bronze Age metalwork framework after the conventional 1150 BCE transition.
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
- Wilburton metalwork phase · entity