Deverel–Rimbury culture
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Expand section Template:Bronze Age The Deverel–Rimbury culture was a name given to an archaeological culture of the British Middle Bronze Age in southern England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> It is named after two barrow sites in Dorset and dates to between c. 1400 BC and 1200 BC.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Site characteristics
The period is characterised by the incorrectly-named Celtic fields, palisaded cattle enclosures, small roundhouses and cremation burials either in urnfield cemeteries or under low, round barrows. Cremations from this period were also inserted into pre-existing barrows. The people were arable and livestock farmers.
Pottery
Deverel–Rimbury pottery is characterised by distinctive globular vessels with tooled decoration and thick-walled, so-called "bucket urns" with cordoned, usually finger-printed decoration.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref> In the southern counties of the UK, fabricTemplate:Clarify is usually coarsely flint-tempered.<ref name=":0" /> In East Anglia and further northeast grog-tempering is typical.<ref name=":1" />
Terminology
The term "Deverel-Rimbury" is now mostly used to refer to the pottery types, as archaeologists today believe that Deverel–Rimbury does not represent a single homogeneous cultural group but numerous disparate groups who shared a varying range of cultural traits.