page_title: Beaker (archaeology)
section_title: Term
hierarchical_section_title: Beaker (archaeology) / Term
caption_attribution_description: English: For description, see File:Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte Berlin 026a.JPG. Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Museum of prehistory and early history), Berlin. Deutsch: Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Berlin
context_page_description: In archaeology, a beaker is a small round ceramic or metal drinking vessel shaped to be held in the hands. It has no handle or spout.
context_section_description: Archaeologists identify several different types including the inverted-bell beaker, the butt beaker, the claw beaker, and the rough-cast beaker.
  When used alone “beaker” usually refers to the typical form of pottery cups called inverted-bell beakers associated with the European Beaker culture of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age.
caption: “Typical” bell-beakers at Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Berlin.
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