From Boghead Farm, Sandhaven, Pitsligo, Aberdeenshire; Broomhill, Tough, Aberdeenshire
Beakers are a range of early pottery, including coarse jars and fine pots for drinking. These examples were found in a cist at Boghead Farm, at Sandhaven, at Pitsligo in Aberdeenshire, and in a sandpit at Broomhill, at Tough in Aberdeenshire.
Beaker of buff clay from a sandpit at Broomhill, Tough, Aberdeenshire
Beaker pottery was adopted as a prestigious Continental novelty from around 2500 BC along with other novelties. The finest beakers are usually found in burials, where they were deposited, probably full, as gifts to accompany the deceased to the afterlife.
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