Irish-Scottish connections in the 1st millennium AD: an evaluation of the links between souterrain ware and Hebridean ceramics
Armit, Ian
Armit, Ian
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Although some limited consideration has been given to the possibility of links between the early medieval ceramic traditions of the Western Isles and the souterrain ware of north-east Ireland, these have tended to be framed in the context of supposed Dalriadic cultural infl uence fl owing from Ireland to Scotland. A re-evaluation of the possible relationships between these pottery styles suggests that souterrain ware might instead be seen as part of a regional expansion of western Scottish pottery styles in the seventh¿eighth centuries AD. This raises the question of what social processes might underlie the cross-regional patterning evident in what remains a vernacular, rather than a high-status, technology.
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Armit, I. (2008). Irish-Scottish connections in the 1st millennium AD: an evaluation of the links between souterrain ware and Hebridean ceramics. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 108C, pp. 1-18.
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