There was a fully intact Beaker cazuela discovered in Southern Spain just two weeks ago, now this rare example of an unbroken bell beaker in Cornwall. From CornwallLive
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South West Archaeology has taken responsibility of the two pit graves containing three pots in a development site. Both pits lined with slate and capped with quartz. The beaker about is about a foot high
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This broke over the weekend, hopefully we'll see a few more articles with more details in the coming days, especially concerning the remains if any were left.
The book recommended by Bernard about Humanejos is spectacular (archeologically, anthropologically and genetically) where is the fully intact Beaker cazuela in Spain?
ReplyDeleteIt was found in Andalusia. The archaeologists presented it on the local news which can be found on Youtube. I hope to add it and the finds at Perdigoes in an upcoming post.
ReplyDeleteThere is apparently a new paper on Iberian Beaker beer, also..
http://marchenasecreta.com/este-jueves-conferencia-sobre-la-cerveza-y-los-vasos-campaniformes-en-el-castillo-de-mairena/
let me find the other link
Ok, cuenco not cazuela. A hiking club found in a small cave in El Torcal de Antequera. It is described as a cuenco campaniforme so I'm assuming old Neolithic is a generalized term. I was unable to see if it had any decoration or was plain.
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http://www.andaluciacentro.com/malaga/antequera/antequera/15078/hallan-un-cuenco-ceramico-del-neolitico-en-una-pequena-cueva-del-torcal-de-antequera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFx8kdoHgyI
When you wrote "this broke over the weekend ..." that can be interpreted as a normal statement about reporting. Or an archaeological disaster.
ReplyDeleteI stopped when I read the phrase "This broke over the weekend". Oh no!... ah, not...
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DeleteHorror! Look at the work on it. Great find.
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ReplyDeleteIn the site of Marchena, 40 graves and a lot of pottery were found-Bowls were used to drink beer-in other deposits there are remnants of mead, cider, fats of meat or fish, that is, banquets were held in honor of the dead. It is very interesting the Higueras deposit (Huecas, Toledo), you will like it because it is also in the territory of your friends the mesetan marauders
The news of the "cuenco de Antequera" says that it belongs to the BB culture but it has no decoration and it seems Neolithic- as they have found it on the surface, they will not be able to date it until the archaeologists excavate the deposit
Dolmens of Antequera have been declared world heritage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW1n9TRbSxA
Yes, I was uncertain about this description. A lot of the articles in magazines use less than precise terminology and I know that there hasn't been enough time for a thorough dating. It does look plausibly like a Beaker-style cuenco from the region, decorated or not. Possibly there were other materials in the cave that they did not specify. I'll keep an eye out to see if anything else comes of it.
DeleteThis is very interesting. Just a few days ago I posted something in the Perdigoes blog about a recent Israeli study that used dormant yeast strains from 5000 year old Levantine beers. I haven't seen the Toledo study yet, but it would be fascinating if they had both the dormant yeast and the residue.
Deletehttps://www.apnews.com/08a9fd19293c46ebaaff4e8ad22de85a
BEAKER RITUAL, COLLECTIVE RITUAL: THE NECROPOLIS OF ARTIFICIAL CAVES
ReplyDeleteOF THE HIGUERAS VALLEY, HUECAS, TOLEDO- P Bueno