A beaker folk burial
Why were they called Beaker Folk?
What did they do in their everyday life? How did they live?
How did they bury their dead?
Bronze Age Britain c. 2500 - 600 B.C.
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Beaker Folk. About 2500 B.C. a group of migrants settled in Britain. They were called the Beaker Folk because of the shape of the pottery vessels which are so often found in their round barrow graves.
The Beaker folk were farmers and archers. They were also the first metalsmiths in Britain, working first in copper and gold, and later in the bronze which has given its name to this era.
How they lived
We can guess that huts had a low stone wall for a base which was used to hold wooden poles. On top of this would have been a roof of thatch.
They made their own pottery, and eventually the first woven garments in Britain .They also seem to have introduced the first known alcoholic drink into Britain, a form of honey-based mead. The islands have never been the same since.
Religion
The graves were generally filled with grave goods, indicating the importance of the dead person and a belief in some kind of afterlife. Some of the goods included in barrows were: pottery jars, golden buckles, bronze daggers, cups, necklaces, and sceptres in various stones and precious materials.
The other main area of Bronze Age focus was stone circles. Certainly the most famous of all stone circles is Stonehenge.
A beaker
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