caa a22 4500 388103442 CHVBK 20180307125329.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130s1999 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0079497X00001997 doi S0079497X00001997 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0079497X00001997 A Petrographic Investigation of a Corpus of Bronze Age Cinerary Urns from the Isle of Anglesey [Elektronische Daten] The results are presented of a comprehensive petrographic study of 82 Bronze Age cinerary vessels from the Isle of Anglesey, Wales. Petrographic analysis is particularly appropriate when applied to this island location with its diverse and well defined geology. The pottery is characterised by a distinctive range of clasts, of which the most characteristic are varieties of igneous rocks and sandstone. The clasts can be matched to outcrops on the island with one exception which could have been derived from a known mainland source. The particular rock types seen in the pottery are not common in the island's alluvial and glacial sediments and it is therefore concluded that the potters showed a strong preference for specific dark coloured igneous rock types as added filler, in common with other Bronze Age potters in Britain. Although typology implies some extraneous influences, petrography indicates that the pottery was made on the island. However, despite the varied geology, the widespread distribution of many of the crucial rock types (dolerites, lithic sandstones) across the island means that individual production centres cannot be distinguished, a difficulty exacerbated by the lack of known habitation sites and associated domestic pottery. The question as to whether specifically designed pottery or redundant domestic pottery was used for burials is discussed, but remains unresolved. Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1999 Williams John University of Wales, Bangor Jenkins David University of Wales, Bangor Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Cambridge University Press 65(1999), 189-230 0079-497X 65<189 1999 65 PPR https://doi.org/10.1017/S0079497X00001997 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0079497X00001997 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Williams John University of Wales, Bangor NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jenkins David University of Wales, Bangor NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society Cambridge University Press 65(1999), 189-230 0079-497X 65<189 1999 65 PPR CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge