At first appearance, it might be taken as cordage, or pho-cordage, but it doesn't look like a typical corded braid.
"Woman's Burial" (1cm inc) Thanet Arch |
I've speculated [before] that Iberian acacia-leaf pottery might be appropriately named and that its derivatives (in keeping with Andrew Sherratt) were taken as a psychoactive, either in tea form or as an additive to alcohol.
I assumed that only a stylized version would have left Iberia, but it appears in this beaker and in other EBA pottery, usually a well depicted, single band is maintained in numerous potteries that went afar.
*Update 1*
The good people of Thanet Arch provided some closeups of the beaker comb impressions and the waist decoration. See [here] (I just realized that the hyperlinks have been ghosting instead of turning blue. They're now blue, see above.)
In a previous post, linked above, I wondered if the herringbone is in fact, stylized acacia. I think you see this trend with proto-writing as the natural became stylized, divorced from its original expression.
The naturalness of this beaker's waist caught my attention.
The closeups are great. Hat tip Thanetarch.
*Update 2*
IOT avoid confusion the title was updated to say "motif?". Hopefully what I am trying to express is coming out clearly. It is a single motif embedded within a larger expression that I find interesting.
"Hopefully what I am trying to express is coming out clearly"
ReplyDeleteIf it's legacy of / echo of, then yes.
Lots of Bell Beaker and Iberian ancient DNA abstracts in the PDF linked to here...
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I'm assuming the papers are on the way. Hopefully we'll see the one listed on page 980 ASAP, but with more than just mtDNA data.
Thanks! I saw the abstract book when it came out but totally missed the part on the DNA somehow. I look forward to it.
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