The Neolithic pottery of the Isle of Man and its relationship to that of the surrounding area
This research project focuses on the Neolithic pottery of the Isle of Man and its relationship to that used in neighbouring parts of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (the Irish Seaprovince). The Manx pottery has not been studied as a complete corpus since the early 1930s, since which time the quantity and diversity of material available has increased dramatically. This project therefore served the initial function of cataloguing, recording and illustrating the available material. In addition, since the Manx pottery was last studied, the aims and methodologies of ceramic analysis have changed significantly, with many more approaches to the data being available to the analyst. This study was therefore able to explore the Manx data from a variety of perspectives so as to produce a biographical view of the pottery used during the Middle, Late, and final phases of the Manx Neolithic from production through to discard. The stages in the life history of the vessels which were analysed were: choice of materials, resource procurement,vessel building, decoration,use and discard. At each of these stages the approach adopted to ceramics by Manx potters and pottery users were compared with practises current in other
Burrow, Stephen Paul
Archaeology
The Neolithic pottery of the Isle of Man and its relationship to that of the surrounding area. This research project focuses on the Neolithic pottery of the Isle of Man and its relationship to that used in neighbouring parts of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales (the Irish Seaprovince). The Manx pottery has not been studied as a complete corpus since the early 1930s, since which time the quantity and diversity of material available has increased dramatically. This project therefore served the initial function of cataloguing, recording and illustrating the available material. In addition, since the Manx pottery was last studied, the aims and methodologies of ceramic analysis have changed significantly, with many more approaches to the data being available to the analyst. This study was therefore able to explore the Manx data from a variety of perspectives so as to produce a biographical view of the pottery used during the Middle, Late, and final phases of the Manx Neolithic from production through to discard. The stages in the life history of the vessels which were analysed were: choice of materials, resource procurement,vessel building, decoration,use and discard. At each of these stages the approach adopted to ceramics by Manx potters and pottery users were compared with practises current in other
neolithic_pottery isle_man relationship surround area project_focus neolithic_pottery isle_man relationship use neighbouring part england ireland scotland_wales irish manx pottery study complete corpus since since time quantity diversity material_available increase dramatically project therefore serve initial function record illustrate available_material addition since manx pottery last studied aims methodology ceramic_analysis change significantly many approach data_available analyst study_therefore able explore manx data variety_perspective produce biographical view pottery use middle_late final_phase manx neolithic production discard stage life_history vessel analyse choice material resource procurement vessel building decoration use_discard stage adopt ceramic manx potter pottery user compare practises current