#bronzeagebritain

[survivethejive]

"Whencesoever they came, the men of the British bronze [age] race were richly endowed, physically. They were, as a rule, tall and stalwart; their brains were large; and their features, if somewhat harsh and coarse, must have been manly and even commanding." John Beddoe, The Races of Britain: A Contribution to the Anthropology of Western Europe (1885). These pictures are a selection of Bell Beaker folk Bronze Age artefacts at the Kelingrove museum in Glasgow. 1. A bronze age skull of a Beaker folk male whose cause of death seems pretty obvious. 2. Bronze weapons including an axe so tiny it can't possibly have been used for anything but some kind of ceremony. 3. Gold jewellery. 4. Cup and ring marks carved in stone. 5. Funerary urns. 6. A tiny urn for a child? 7. I am pointing at one of four stone slabs that formed the cist for a high status male burial. The zig zag engraving resembles other early Indo-European art seen on pottery. 8. An actual bell beaker for drinking rituals. 9. A woman's necklace made from jet. #indoeuropean #bellbeaker #bronzeage #scottishbronzeage #scottishhistory #ancientscotland #ancientbritain #bronzeagebritain #beakerpeople #beakerfolk #cist #burialmound #cremation #archaeology #kelvingrove (at Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUSlxmTtPiW/?utm_medium=tumblr

[writingunicornuk]

I remember my father talking about this, though even he wasn't around nearly three thousand years ago. A lot of these hoards are actually protection talismans. This one specifically was probably constructed by Ettins at the behest of the British Giants, after the first attempt by the forces of Brutus of Troy to cross the Thames. The broken weapons and other personal knickknacks of the human warriors that fell alongside the giants were gathered into these concentrations, allowing the curse energy attached to them to protect that land. Fortunately, with all such enemies long since disappeared, the curse power will also have wained. So I recommend you go see it.

[survivethejive]

Drinking from a ceramic Bell Beaker inspired ritual vessel like a Bronze Age Indo-European aristocrat. Feels good! Made by @cavecraftshandmade #indoeuropean #meadofpoetry #soma #bellbeaker #cordedware #neolithic #bronzeagebritain #bronzeage https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPKx0bAM2R/?igshid=skfgv66qmbl5

[survivethejive]

Spent Summer Solstice charging about Dartmoor with the lads. Visiting some interesting ancient megalithic monuments and finally having a dip in the reservoir. First pic is of the dolmen called Spinsters rock, second is me at Fernworthy stone circle, the fourth is the foundation of a bronze age round house. #dartmoor #megalithicmarvels #megalith #neolithic #devonhistory #britishhistory #dolmen #stonecircle #fernworthy #fernworthystonecircle #spinstersrock #cairn #bronzeagebritain #hiking #wildswimming (at Dartmoor National Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBs2UycgN9f/?igshid=w58lohk0lhut