entity · phase_bi_ewart_park
Ewart Park metalwork phase
Final major British Bronze Age metalwork phase, conventionally around 950–800 BCE.
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: broad archaeological range
- informs · defines or contextualizes
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 - informs · defines or contextualizes
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 - informs · defines or contextualizes
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
Research description
Ewart Park is a typological and chronological classification, not an ethnic label. Deposits within it have multiple contexts and cannot all be assigned one motive.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Archaeological label, not a people
The name is a modern archaeological classification rather than an ancient self-designation.
Why does this record have this property?
Ewart Park metalwork phase is used as an archaeological classification and is not treated as an ancient people.
- History of Bronze Age research in Scotland, including summary chronologies
supports assignment · Sections 1.2 and 1.2.5, Tables 1 and 2 - Random accumulation and breaking: The formation of Bronze Age scrap hoards in England and Wales
supports assignment · Abstract; methods; results; discussion - Ewart Park sword from the River Thames
supports assignment · Description, period and curator comments
Evidence and sources
- supports · defines or contextualizes
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 · defines or contextualizes
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 · defines or contextualizes
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