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Irish Neolithic Pottery: Distribution and Sequence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 May 2014

Humphrey Case
Humphrey Case
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Department of Antiquities, Ashmolean Museum
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A recent stimulating paper on radiocarbon dating has drawn attention to the variety and richness of Irish Neolithic material-culture and to the great span of years it appears to cover, and thus to the possibility of arranging it in a convincing sequence. In order to achieve this by archaeological method, the material must be classified and the classes regionally determined; but compared with the care which has been given to classifying megalithic monuments and seeking their distributions, little detailed attention has so far been given to the pottery which they are generally found to contain.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 27 , December 1961 , pp. 174 - 233
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1961

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