ABSTRACT The Beaker period in southern England is associated with the appearance of a highly visible set of material culture in the archaeological record, primarily associated with inhumation burials. This Beaker material culture has a long history of archaeological research and has resulted in this period being named after a style of pottery, the Beaker. However, the funerary record for this period is one that exhibits substantial variability. This paper considers how the archaeological narrative of the Beaker period has been constructed and presents a set of examples that exclude Beaker pottery and Beaker artefacts from the grave assemblage, located in southern England. Herein, it is questioned what these burials represent and whether they can be considered Beaker burials or represent other identities co-existing with Beaker using societies. Whilst the Beaker period does not represent an unchanging, fixed set of traditions over time or space, the examples employed demonstrate non-Beaker related burials to have been present from early in the Beaker period. We aim to highlight this important aspect of the archaeological record as requiring more research and synthesis, and promote discussion of non-Beaker identities during this dynamic period of prehistory.

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烧杯时期的多重身份：解读英格兰南部烧杯聚光灯下的土葬

摘要英格兰南部的烧杯时期与考古记录中高度可见的物质文化的出现有关，主要与土葬有关。这种烧杯物质文化有着悠久的考古研究历史，并导致这一时期以一种陶器风格命名，即烧杯。然而，这一时期的葬礼记录具有很大的可变性。本文考虑了烧杯时期的考古叙事是如何构建的，并提供了一组将烧杯陶器和烧杯手工艺品排除在位于英格兰南部的墓葬组合之外的例子。在此，质疑这些墓葬代表什么，以及它们是否可以被视为烧杯墓葬或代表使用社会与烧杯共存的其他身份。虽然烧杯时期并不代表随时间或空间变化的一整套固定的传统，但所采用的例子表明，从烧杯时期早期就存在与烧杯无关的墓葬。我们的目标是突出考古记录的这一重要方面，因为它需要更多的研究和综合，并在这个充满活力的史前时期促进对非烧杯身份的讨论。